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Overfishing poses threat to Galway mackerel factory
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Sanctions on mackerel fishing for Iceland are due to come into effect in the coming months.
The fishing community in Ireland fears that over-fishing puts the survival of mackerel processing factories in Galway, Cork, Dublin and Donegal at risk.
As a result of the risk posed by over fishing, Ireland agreed to a 15 percent reduction in its quota to about 35 percent.
However Iceland will not agree to a quota negotiated by the EU and continues to overfish mackerel.
According to the Irish Examiner, its quota has gone from about 5 percent to 52 percent this year.
Marine Minister Simon Coveney says sanctions, which include a ban on Icelandic fishing boats landing any catch at EU ports, will be in place before the end of the year.