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Salmon fishery pilot may be in breach of EU Habitats Directive |
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John Hearne
Critics of the pilot scheme in Castlemaine Harbour say that it conflicts with government’s own scientific advice and have dubbed it a ‘vote getting exercise’ in a marginal rural constituency. They fear that it will lead to the re-establishment of a mixed stock fishery in the area. The government closed mixed stock fisheries in 2007 to bring Ireland in line with advice from the International Council for the Exploitation of the Seas (ICES) and the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO).
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sean Connick TD and Dr Richard Fitzgerald, NUI Galway, examine cod broodstock specifically designed for the Irish environment. (Photo: Aengus McMahon).
According to Inland Fisheries Ireland, harvest fisheries are now only allowed on stocks that are shown to have a surplus of fish over the conservation limit. Fisheries in estuaries are only permitted provided the stocks from individual rivers entering the estuaries are meeting conservation limits. |
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