Fishing Industry

In 2010 there was €1,180 million worth of fish caught in Irish waters of which only €190 million was landed by Irish fisherman.  Add to this the fact that for every €1 of fish landed there is the potential to add another €2 in processing and packaging.

So in total we have lost a potential €3 Billion in revenue thousands of jobs to the Irish economy in 2010. What we are doing is the equivalent of the French exporting their grapes in order that someone else can make wine from them and reap the rewards.

The situation is even more dire when one considers that our European ‘friends’ are fishing so intensively that our fishing grounds are being destroyed.  The next government must do something about this immediately upon taking power.