Government
IWDG outlines the current position relating to Sprat
Reading time: 3 minutes
In this excerpt from the July edition of the Blubber Bulletin, the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group’s monthly email news roundup (republished here with permission), IWDG Sightings Officer and Save Our Sprat West Cork member Pàdraig Whooley succinctly sums up the current position in the wake of the Irish Government’s recent measures to curb industrial trawling in our inshore waters.
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Questions for Ministers on the Protection of Sprat
Reading time: 7 minutes
The recent announcement by Government Ministers Martin Heydon TD, Timmy Dooley TD and Christopher O’Sullivan TD in relation to a ban on large industrial trawlers (longer than 18m) within the 6 nautical mile limit (and baselines) was a very welcome move.
Despite being framed in the context of Sprat…
