Little interest in future of fishermen’s association
A planned first meeting of the Guernsey Fishermen’s Association since 2022 will not be going ahead due to a lack of interest. The industry has shrunk in recent years and an over-abundance of octopus has been blamed for a sharp decline in crabs and lobsters. The association’s vice-president Dougal Lane had said he had hoped to hold an emergency meeting of the association last month. It would have been the first since its last chairman, Barry Paint, a former States deputy, died in July 2022. However, he said that after making enquiries with members he had not gone ahead due to a lack of interest. ‘The older ones who might have come along are talking about decommissioning and the younger ones aren’t interested,’ he said. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 14:01
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