Letters to the Editor: Doubts over our ability to meet rising tide in fish sector 

One reader responds to an 'Irish Examiner' article about the depletion of Ireland's fishing fleet while others write about Gaelic football, our dependency on alcohol, and the concerns of gardaí 

Irish fishing boats tied up at the port of Ondarroa in the Basque region of Spain. Picture: Michael Harrington

The following is in response to the excellent article you published on the fishing industry this week. 

My name is Mike and I’m a fisherman from Castletownbere. I started fishing in 1996 and, at that time, the local fleet was going through a transition between older timber boats and newly-built steel boats.