Catch and Effort in the Irish Lobster Fishery During 1971

Abstract

Once again it must be reported that only a small number of fishermen participated in the log book scheme operated by the Fisheries Division of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Valuable as the data given by these fishermen are, and important as they are to the future of management in the Irish lobster fishery, it must be said that the participation of a very much more extensive section of fishermen would greatly enhance the value of the catch effort data. A further appeal is made to the readers of this Leaflet, that they should join this scheme and thereby contribute information important to the future of this fishery, which in 1971 brought in £338,000 to the fishermen.