Wheres our invite!!!!

Ah the wonderful CFP in full swing!! Doesnt it just fill you all with a warm glow and put a song in your heart

This little get together seems to be getting run by the entire Norway fleet, plus a couple of Germans

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Ah yes, a block a marine real estate that we once had FULL control over -and promptly gave away (not sold)

Conventional wisdom says that it was bargained away on behalf of agriculture. The reality is that whatever agricuture gained, they would have gained anyway, and the block of sea illustrated was given away by political retards.

This has been going on without a break for months and months:
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Can there really be that much fish off Mayo? Is this season unusual?

This has been going on without a break for months and months:
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Can there really be that much fish off Mayo? Is this season unusual?

This just amazes at times, theres 2 chains of thought...

Firstly theres plenty of fish out there!(believe it or not those words came from the minister in charge of fisheries here in NI at the time ) which is why so many have been consistantly working the areas and the reason they are willing to spend thousands of euro on fuel.

Or

Its taking so many boats in order to fulfil the quotas due to the fish not being as abundant.

There doesnt seem to be a shortage of fish this year at least. A recent RTE TV show - the loathesome Hector Goes Fishing - showed a deep freeze shed in Killybegs with 250,000 (I think I heard it right...) boxes of scad, all caught out off Mayo, awaiting shipment to Africa....