#Fishing - Irish environmental groups have called for a ban on the use of tangle nets among the country's inshore fishing fleet, as The Cork News reports.

Tangle netting results in the "indiscriminate capture" of marine wildlife, according to the coalition of groups including the Irish Wildlife Trust, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and Coastwatch Ireland.

Among those species said to be under threat from the fishing technique are Ireland's protected whales, dolphins and seals, as well as endangered fish species such as the angel shark and common skate.

Such species "are facing extinction in Irish waters and tangle nets pose a significant threat that may push them over the edge" says the Irish Wildlife Trust's Pádraig Fogarty.

The Cork News has more on the story HERE.