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ANGLING NOTES:EUROPEAN Union Commission proposals announced last week to impose catch quotas on sea angling will have zero impact on sustainability, but are a direct attack on the Irish angling tourism industry, according to Fine Gael tourism spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell.

While anglers and commercial fishermen strive to catch the same species, EU officials are seeking to impose controls on sea angling and to deduct catch numbers from commercial fishing industry quotas. Equipped with this information, the proposal aims to allocate proportional shares to each nation.