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EU is getting tangled in a net of its own making with Killybegs row
Whatever else is happening in the fishing port of Killybegs, Co Donegal, openness and transparency is not part of the playbook. Killybegs may be a long way from Dublin, or Brussels for that matter, and fishing may be Ireland’s forgotten industry, but rules of fairness and justice should still apply. A huge row over the weighing of fish is threatening to make unviable an industry that is already facing huge challenges. On one side is the EU. In 2018 it identified what it claims were serious deficiencies in the Irish fisheries control system. >click to read< 22::30
Digby and Annapolis halibut fishermen and fish plant rack up big penalties
A Little River fish plant and five Digby Neck and Islands halibut fishermen have received fines totalling $71,000 and another seven halibut fishermen from the Annapolis Royal area have received $50,000 in fines and penalties. As the result of a three-year investigation into the halibut fishery on Digby Neck, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans charged Ocean Trawlers, operated by Fred Trask of Little River, and fishermen,, Read the rest here 22:00:12
