Where all the mackerel went.
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Where all the mackerel went.
A lot of people were wondering at the lack of mackerel in recent years, well here's one reason.
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstor ... lays_.html
Just goes to show how much notice they take of limits.
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstor ... lays_.html
Just goes to show how much notice they take of limits.
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so if 3/4 of the boats are guilty of it - the govt are representing the majority which are guilty - they are hardly going to bite off the hand that feeds them in this respect
roll on total allowable by-catch :roll:
roll on total allowable by-catch :roll:
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there has been plenty examples of other ridiculus - "surely they wont" kinda thing over the years
i see this scapegoated and fudged back into nothing in the overall agenda
i see this scapegoated and fudged back into nothing in the overall agenda
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dont know - there seems to be general indifference from the public - its not being reflected in the price of fish - as the farmed stuff is so cheap in comparison and then you have all the factory fish frozen stuff
so effectively its an in house management thing - with the odd trade off to europe
so effectively its an in house management thing - with the odd trade off to europe
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It's ridicules! If you get caught shoplifting something for a fiver you get prosecuted, if you get caught as part of a ring illegally selling 48 million Euros worth of illegally caught fish you don't even lose your licence, let alone face prosecution. What a farce! :evil: :evil: :evil:
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indeed! :? :roll: :x
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Will be interesting to see if they really apply the quota reduction to the vessels that were allegedly involved in the illegal langings. I guess quotas, certainly for larger vessels, are a matter of public record, so it might be worth following up on this ...
[size=75][i]"Pier fishing was, indeed, an eccentric, unproductive and extremely dull occupation, and even if we'd posessed the necessary heavy plant we decided not to attempt it."[/i] Chris Yates, Out of the Blue.[/size]
Call me a cynic, but I can't see it. Ireland has been given its quota and will fill it. I see the skippers having a valid point in that until they're actually convicted in a court of law, they are innocent and as such cannot be penalised or discriminated against.
So far, charges have been brought against four of the '3/4 of the 23 pelagic fishing vessels', that case has been adjourned twice and won't be over any time soon. As far as I can see, the remaining offenders have not even been charged.
Mssrs Dempsey & Browne can do all the political kite flying they like about having got a good deal at Christmas and having now made the best of a bad deal over the sanctions. They can blow all the smoke they like about tracking vessels and so forth, but the bitter truth is that boats with VMS can sink without being noticed, so I guess that shows how much actual monitoring goes on.
Nah, this'll play out in the courts all year and nothing will be done.
So far, charges have been brought against four of the '3/4 of the 23 pelagic fishing vessels', that case has been adjourned twice and won't be over any time soon. As far as I can see, the remaining offenders have not even been charged.
Mssrs Dempsey & Browne can do all the political kite flying they like about having got a good deal at Christmas and having now made the best of a bad deal over the sanctions. They can blow all the smoke they like about tracking vessels and so forth, but the bitter truth is that boats with VMS can sink without being noticed, so I guess that shows how much actual monitoring goes on.
Nah, this'll play out in the courts all year and nothing will be done.
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so essentially nothing has happened - what gets me is why did the polititions make a song and dance about it at all
their main interest is the commercial fisheries - was it an oppurtunity for the killbegs crowd to show their clout
it all seems pure rotten to me - not even a slap on the wrists
scapegoated and not even at that :roll:
their main interest is the commercial fisheries - was it an oppurtunity for the killbegs crowd to show their clout
it all seems pure rotten to me - not even a slap on the wrists
scapegoated and not even at that :roll:
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