Irish Sea fisherman warns of potential dangers
An Irish Sea fishing boat owner says covid regulations, proposed by the Manx Fishery Department, would present real problems for boats, perhaps even dangers.
DEFA says it is weighing up measures that would drastically limit the time and the way boats could use Island ports.
But Reg Melville, whose ten metre boat is called Reiver, says there are circumstances where that would present real difficulties:
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