One-third of Ireland's offshore fleet apply for decommissioning

One-third of Ireland's offshore fleet apply for decommissioning

By Neil Michael

Source: irishexaminer

12/2/2022

Credit: Dan Linehan

The Government has been warned that the decommissioning fishing fleet of a third of the country’s entire offshore fishing fleet could be its last wake-up call to what is happening in an industry which is ‘dying’.

Some 64 of the 180-strong fleet have applied to the Government’s decommissioning scheme. Of those, 19 are reportedly from the Castletownbere in Co Cork, a town heavily reliant on the fishing industry.

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