Letters to the Editor: Gone fishing abroad to try to make some sort of living

One correspondent writes: 'I left home on July 6 and fish for tuna down (in Bay of Biscay) because we have to so we can meet our bank payments.'

We are fishing in Biscay at this moment and I read Cormac Burke’s excellent opinion piece ( Desperation is turning to anger in Ireland’s fishing industry, Irish Examiner August 7) with a heavy heart.

I recently did a TV programme on the Gambia and lived with a family for a week in their compound.