Fishermen say industry facing 'toughest ever year' [Ireland]

RTÉ News ^ | Wednesday, 31 Dec 2025 19:17 | Shane Ó Curraighín, North West Correspondent

[Olog-hai]

Representatives of the fishing sector have said the loss of one third of Ireland’s national fish quota in 2026 means they are facing their toughest year ever.

The Government is establishing a taskforce aimed at supporting those affected.

Minister of State for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Timmy Dooley has met representatives of the sector in Killybegs, County Donegal.

At the meeting, he outlined the Government’s plan to address challenges facing coastal communities.

The minister said fish stocks have reduced dramatically in the Atlantic Ocean because of the overfishing, principally by Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

“The Government is demanding of the European Commission to target these countries to ensure they comply with the quotas that are set by the others,” he said. …

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This is what the EUSSR’s so-called Common Fisheries Policy does to its member states; it allows other countries to plunder your sovereign fish stocks. Of course, the politicians will blame countries that are not full EUSSR members but are members of the peripheral “European Economic Area” who are allowed to participate in that fisheries policy.

[frank ballenger]

Thanks to the union shops over there a lot of people are working for scale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRs0OqV4uSc

[ComputerGuy]

“The Government is demanding of the European Commission to target these countries to ensure they comply with the quotas that are set by the others,” he said.…

It's been a long time since ships of the line have been duking it out in those waters.

[ConservativeMind]

Illegals raped all the schools (of fish)?

[Olog-hai]

That sounds like a pun.

[Olog-hai]

The EU has provisionally reduced the total allowable catch for mackerel, Ireland’s most valuable catch, by 70% next year. …

I should have included that quote. Sorry. That’s the real cause of Ireland’s fishing woes.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Not as tough as Venezuela’s “fishing industry” is having. “Shipwrecked sailors” are floating around the Pacific Ocean. All of Maduro’s Venezuelan seaside villages are closed down. LOL!

sarc/

[SpaceBar]

China is essentially strip-mining the ocean for food through vast shadow fishing fleets that operate in international waters.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Don't they have any potatoes to eat?

[brent13a]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer more empathetically suicidal country. I’m shocked they’re not blaming Israel.

[Species8472]

Extensive fish farming brings disease, parasites and genetic pollution to wild fish stocks!

[Tallguy]

Maybe we’ll have a resumption of The Cod Wars of the early 80’s?