FISH producers from West Cork are linking up with processing and production organisations nationwide as part of new drive to influence national and EU fishing policy.

Five fish producing and processing seafood organisations are demanding change at national and EU level. Representatives of the five organisations met in Dublin last week.

Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation chief executive Patrick Murphy, chief executive of the Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation, said the move to unite efforts and initiatives within the industry ‘is long overdue’.

‘Collectively we…