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APPEAL
Purse Seiner A Spanish purse seine netter was looking for Bluefin off south Donegal on 1 October and was off Downings on 2 October. Ireland has no quota for Bluefin and it would be illegal for this vessel to net within 12 miles of the coast. The presence of this vessel is a concern for stocks - Ireland is the only country in Europe which is an effective "santuary" for Bluefin - even though it is only to the 12 mile limit. All readers of this notice are asked to write to: The Minister of the Marine Dail Eireann Dublin Ireland Please ask that Ireland declares a 200 mile exclusion zone for Bluefin. The Seiner was spotted exactly 12 miles off the coast - not sure what he intended to do if he spotted Bluefin 1 or 2 miles inside him!!! It is now beleived that this purse seiner will be back in 2004 with all the licenses etc. he needs. If he has a sucessful season in 2004, then 2005 will probably be the last reasonable Tuna season for anglers, and the first season when a number of seioners shall work the Donegal coast. Anglers probably only have the winter/spring to make their voices heard. |
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