?Atlantic? documentary brought the global assault on fisheries into Ireland?s sitting rooms

There was a massive reaction in Ireland to the documentary ?Atlantic? shown on RTE last night. It chronicled the struggle of fishing communities around Ireland and farther afield to survive in the face of industrial fishing by super-trawlers.

Celtic League have been publicising for sometime now the carnage that is being wreaked on the marine environment around our shores and globally by these massive factory ships that Greenpeace term ?Monster Boats? which can process several hundred tonnes daily and fish for weeks.

We highlighted the Irish documentary some months ago when the film maker, Risteard