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Jim Masson at Down News has an interesting article here on the challenges facing small fishing ports around the Irish Sea as vessels have become much larger and literally have to squeeze into the harbours on a high tide.
He highlights the problems of under investment in the ports which traditionally were associated with long standing fisheries such as herring and prawns (link):
https://www.downnews.co.uk/herring-season-starts-in-ardglass/
Bernard Moffatt