Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 October 2003

I understand the Central Fisheries Board and its consultants recently undertook to speak with fishermen in all the fishing districts and to brief them on a questionnaire which was to be completed by the people in the industry. This happened in all districts except for the Waterford area. I am extremely annoyed by this and ask why the Waterford district was singled out and neglected. It is not good enough that Waterford was the only one of the 17 districts omitted. We are at the end of the salmon run. The number of days in which people can fish is down to four per week in June and July. Why are the industrious people in the Waterford area being ignored in this way? I call on the Central Fisheries Board to immediately redress this discrimination and state clearly and publicly the reason the Waterford fishermen were not given the information available to others and given an opportunity to have a proper input into the proceedings.

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