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29/10/2003
Ardglass fishing company closes over dwindling catches
A leading Co Down fish exporter has been forced to close down because of dwindling catches.
Ardglass-based Angus Cochrane said that it was closing its doors because of falling whitefish catches, such as cod.
A company spokesman revealed that the worker numbers have fallen from 60 to just 10 over the past three years.
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Fish Producers' Organisation said Angus Cochrane was the third such company to close in the village in recent times and that if local businesses were not given the quota to catch fish, then more factories would end up closing.
(MB)
Ardglass-based Angus Cochrane said that it was closing its doors because of falling whitefish catches, such as cod.
A company spokesman revealed that the worker numbers have fallen from 60 to just 10 over the past three years.
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Fish Producers' Organisation said Angus Cochrane was the third such company to close in the village in recent times and that if local businesses were not given the quota to catch fish, then more factories would end up closing.
(MB)
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