A West Kerry councillor says supertrawlers need to be banned completely from Irish territorial waters.
Robert Brosnan was responding after a man in his 40s was arrested in relation to alleged fisheries breaches at Tivoli dock in Cork on Monday.
He was onboard the German-registered “monster-trawler” - “Helen Mary”, - which was detected by an EU fisheries agency in Irish waters.
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Cllr Brosnan says it’s telling that the man was arrested by a European Union agency rather than the Irish naval service.
The Sinn Féin councillor believes such super trawlers are too big; and are causing too much damage for local fishers in Kerry.
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