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Enda Conneely

Enda Conneely

Irish marine resource advocate and IIMRO Vice-Chair representing Inis Oírr fishing communities; promotes food security and sustainable fishing policy in island regions.

May 31, 2026

3:29
Viewed from the islands where you are, Enda, because the IMRO, the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organization, it's even more difficult obviously to fight your case from that distance.
3:44
Well, it is.
3:45
And, um, see, the, the, initially they could look at this if they wanted.
3:51
They would...
3:52
Simple things like keeping all these things outside the 12-mile limit would put them out to sea, but all the inshore sector tends to work within that zone.
4:05
And, uh, they know where the fishing effort is at the moment, and they know where the spawning grounds are, so you could avoid all those things to start with, but they didn't.
4:16
They've put the one in the Skagerrak, which they've stopped, but that was a good, uh, for shellfish, an area that was, that was possibly the worst place you could pick.
8:42
Much of the industry is saying it's going nowhere, and, um, overall, food security, are we prepared?

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