The North Sea and Channel sprat fisheries management plan () covers stocks in English and Scottish waters... The North Sea and Channel sprat has been prepared and published to meet the requirements set out in the Fisheries Act 2020.
But in the years since AMTI last looked at Chinese island upgrades in 2022, Beijing has built a number of new facilities on its SpratlyIsland outposts aimed at enhancing its signals intelligence, electronic warfare (EW), and defensive capabilities.
Thank you for the opportunity to address you here today on the important matter of the Irish sprat fishery ... Inshore boats, by their very nature, have a limited impact on sprat stocks ... It has been alleged that Irish sprat nets use an 8-12mm square mesh.
The move comes primarily to protect Sprat numbers, a keystone species of the inshore eco-system ... The Irish government has discretion to put quotas on Sprat, which it has so far chosen not to do.