I'm currently planning a boat trip out of Clare in mid september for a group coming over from London (wedding the next day) and got on to a few of the charter skippers over the last few days to see if there were any shark to be had this year.
Apparently not !
However oen skipper told me that the Spaniards were taking all of them, cutting off the fins and throwing them back, and that the spaniards were being allowed in our waters with tacit approval from the govt. in exchange for Irish boats having access to spanish waters for bonito.
10-15 years ago we caught at least 4 / 5 blues a week between Lahinch and Aran and now they are telling me there is none to be had !
Are they still being caught in Cork / Kerry or are the populations all over being hit?
Cheers
Dave