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Queenie season opens with good catches but low prices

Difficult time for fishing industry

The Island's queenie fishing season is underway with local boats taking advantage of calm seas.

It's a difficult time for the fishing industry which is faced with depressed export markets, low prices and crew shortages.

David Beard is the chief executive of the Manx Fish Producers Organisation:

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