This week in THIS ISLAND NATION …. Can politicians be trusted to imposed compulsory boat registration? Preserving fishing tradition… Restricting access to the wheelhouse … A 27-year wait ends at Glandore and much more … There are good reasons to have a register of boats in Irish waters. Many EU countries do. The UK and Ireland do not. The Irish Marine Federation (IMF) has called for a mandatory scheme for the identification of recreational vessels. Now Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has indicated that a ‘Vessels Registration Bill‘ is amongst his priorities…
Afloat, 06/01/13. Read the full article ‘Ireland is Plotting a Course for Compulsory Boat Registration‘.
