Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS

We are a group of concerned residents & businesses in West Cork calling for an immediate moratorium on Sprat fishing in inshore waters. #SaveourSprat

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

"Very idea that humans might become so voracious as to empty the seas of fish seemed absurd only a few short years ago. Today scientific evidence points to a brutal reality from which there is no escape. In barely a generation, humans have exhausted most prolific creatures on the planet"

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

We are hosting a FREE screening of David Attenboroughs OCEAN in #Clonakilty on Thurs Oct 16th. Preceded by an intro by Colin Stafford Johnson & followed by Q&A. All welcome #westcork #cork #skibbereen @ClonakiltyPark @clonakilty @westcork #bandon @clondistillery @SouthernStarIRL

[Oonagh Duggan @NatureNymph]

"EPA expands fish kill investigation to further sites". Why are non-compliant businesses & repeat offenders allowed to continue to operate when breaches are known? @EPAIreland
https://t.co/vx8tox1d96

[An Taisce @AnTaisce]

Don’t let the EU tear down hard won nature protections

The European Commission is quietly trying to dismantle the laws that safeguard nature

They think we wouldn’t notice or care

But we do

Please take a moment to tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature
https://t.co/u0KN4OKDrC

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

While welcoming the measures on helping sprat announced by Govt on Jul 2nd, we have many questions, & we want more done. See a list of queries sent to @COSullivanTD
& his colleagues in government. We continue to work to #SaveOurSprat.
@MichealMartinTD
https://t.co/a08CGNYaVG

[Fiona @pondsntrees]

What would be so very wrong with all verges looking like this?
It's not causing accidents or obstructing the view.
It's just a verge full of colour & life, and it looks fantastic 😍

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

We welcome these measures,they will help,but why no quota on boats <18m, despite them taking 46% of all sprat caught in 2024? The fishery is still open to huge overfishing & is data deficient? This keystone species deserves watertight protection. @timmydooley @MichealMartinTD

[Christopher O’Sullivan TD @COSullivanTD]

Industrial trawling of sprat in Ireland’s inshore waters to be banned. This decision reflects the valuable input and advocacy of coastal communities throughout the consultation process.

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

@COSullivanTD We welcome these measures! They will go some way to protecting sprat but why no quota on vessels <18m, despite them taking 46% of all sprat caught in 2024? The fishery is still open to massive overfishing? This keystone species deserves watertight protection. #saveoursprat

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Our march, scheduled for Aug 13th in #Clonakilty is postponed while we digest the government measures on sprat from this week. Rest assured, we are not taking a step back, we will continue to campaign actively & aggressively for sprat, with colleagues nationwide. #Cork #westcork

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Our response to the govt measures on sprat published Jul 22nd. We welcome the ban/quota on vessels >18m but are disappointed with no regulation on vessels <18m, despite them taking 7800 tonne of sprat in 2024. We need much more! @timmydooley @COSullivanTD
https://t.co/87El2oBizx

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

@paddycosgrave Please follow us @paddycosgrave and help us #saveoursprat. The rampant, unregulated fishing of sprat, a keystone species, risks our wildlife and coastal communities.
https://t.co/xZJmv3EFf6

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

@paddycosgrave This fantastic, jaw dropping, sight won't continue if the Irish Government don't impose a moratorium on sprat fishing in Irish waters. This was a regular occurrence in #WestCork waters, now its memory. Sprat have been all but wiped out down here. #saveoursprat @COSullivanTD

[Ronald Surgenor @RonaldSurgenor]

It’s not just west cork that sprat overfishing happens, Donegal bay will be next to see a collapse in stock (and then local marine mammal loss, which will be huge hit on tourism the same as west cork) this humpback was taken this week in Donegal bay, one of 7 in the bay at moment

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Great to see our march information posters popping up all over #WestCork & #Cork. Join us on August 13th at 1345 in #Clonakilty & march to #SaveOurSprat.
@SouthoftheN71 @catherinegalway @clonakilty @RossWestCork @echolivecork @C103Fm @EricTheBirdman @timmydooley @bandon #Ireland

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Thank you @WhitmoreJen. We need politicians to step up & back a moratorium on sprat fishing until science is available. Help us drive that message home at our march in #Clonakilty on August 13th. #cork #westcork @catherinegalway @think_or_swim @corkindo @Grantie79 #Rosscarbery

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Renowned producer & #westcork resident David Puttnam voicing his support for the #saveoursprat campaign. He calls the overfishing of sprat the 'tip of the iceberg' in the destructive, unsustainable fishing.
#westcork #cork @corkbeo
@timmydooley #ireland https://t.co/9ThqkpO05N

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

@SocDems @WhitmoreJen Thank you Jennifer. Finally someone who gets that action is needed immediately, before we are down a road we can't come back from! Let's get the science & then act accordingly. Until then suspend fishing for sprat! #saveoursprat

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

@think_or_swim @lstwrd @cooper_m Hi John. Could you follow for a DM. Thanks a mill!

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Ecologist and author of @whittledaway Padraic Fogarty shares his support for the #SaveourSprat campaign. We need to listen to scientists like Padraic before we go too far down a road we can't return from!
#cork #westcork @timmydooley
@COSullivanTD #Ireland
https://t.co/IumPocMaas

[Save Our Sprat West Cork - SOS @SaveOurSpratWC]

Calvin Jones @WildIreland has guided wildlife trips around #WestCork for years. He voices his support for the #SaveourSprat movement & the consequences of not acting now!!
#Cork #Ireland @COSullivanTD
@timmydooley
@cork @corkbeo #Skibbereen #Castletownbere
https://t.co/70iYW39cm5