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Galway conference hears how data from fishing industry would benefit sustainability, writes LORNA SIGGINS,Marine Correspondent

THEY MAY HAVE ONE of the toughest and most romanticised occupations on the blue planet, but many people are “suspicious” of those who make their living from the sea, a leading US marine scientist has said in Galway.