Donegal TD says intervention from Minister of Agriculture is needed in Killybegs
A Donegal TD has called on the Taoiseach to instruct Minister Charlie McConalogue to intervene in a dispute that has resulted in fish not being landed at Killybegs. Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty says that on Friday, a Danish vessel full of blue whiting was prevented from landing due…
Mystery solved: Stranded fish were horse mackerel chasing sprat
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority says the stranding yesterday of hundreds of fish along parts of the south Donegal and north Leitrim coast was caused by a shoal of horse mackerel chasing sprat. The authority says this is not unusual, although the scale of this incident is not typical. It was…