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Save Our Sprat West Cork update: where are we now?
Reading time: 6 minutes
It has been eight weeks since Government Minister Martin Heydon and Minister of State Timmy Dooley at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Minister of State Christopher O’Sullivan at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, announced the incoming ban on trawlers over 18m within the 6 nautical miles (and baselines) zone. It may seem like…
Save Our Sprat West Cork responds to Government measures to protect Sprat
Reading time: 4 minutes
Save our Sprat West Cork: Kinsale to Mizen Head welcomes the recent announcement by the Irish Government on measures to protect Sprat in Ireland’s inshore waters.
While it falls short of the moratorium on Sprat called for by our campaign, we are cautiously optimistic that, if implemented effectively, the measures outlined…
