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A number the size of Croke Park being pulled by a lorry.

Líon chomh mór le Páirc an Chrócaigh á tharraingt ag ollthrálaer.

Fise Journalist Conservationists have expressed concern about the second largest trawler in the world currently fishing off the coast of Ireland.

Iriseoir Fise Tá imní léirithe ag lucht caomhnaithe faoin dara hollthrálaer is mó ar domhan atá ag iascach amach ó chósta na hÉireann faoi láthair.

The Margiris is able to board up to 250 tons of fish every day.

Tá sé ar chumas an Margiris suas le 250 tonna éisc a bhordáil gach lá.

The vessel is 142 meters long and has been fishing 50 knots off the coast of Ireland for the past week.

142 méadar ar fhad atá an t-árthach agus tá sí ag iascach 50 muirmhíle amach ó chósta na hÉireann le seachtain anuas.

Conservation and environmental groups say such boats cause significant damage to fish stocks and marine biodiversity.

Deir grúpaí caomhnaithe agus comhshaoil go ndeineann bád dá leithéid an-damáiste do stoic éisc agus do bhithéagsúlacht na mara.

Margiris is owned by a Dutch company but is registered in Lithuania.

Is le comhlacht ón Isiltír an Margiris ach tá sí cláraithe sa Liotuáin.

The boat attracted controversy last year when French authorities launched an inquiry into the spawning of 100,000 dead trout in the Bay of Biscayne.

Tharraing an bád conspóid anuraidh nuair a chuir údaráis na Fraince fiosrúchán ar bun faoi 100,000 breac marbh a sceitheadh i mBá na Bioscáine.

Several countries have banned the Margiris from operating in their waters, including Australia.

Ta roinnt tíortha tar éis cosc a chur ar an Margiris feidhmiú ina gcuid uiscí, an Astráil ina measc.

Dr Kevin Flannery, who has submitted a report on the impact of a large trawler to the Department of the Marine, says that the number being towed by the Magiris is as large as Croke Park.

Deir an Dr Kevin Flannery, a bhfuil tuarascáil ar thionchar ollthrálaer curtha fé bhráid Roinn na Mara aige, go bhfuil an líon atá á tharrac ag an Magiris chomh mór le Páirc an Chrócaigh.

He says the boat is swallowing hundreds of tonnes of fish every day and dumping non-valuable species, while killing other marine animals – such as dolphins, porpoises and whales.

Deir sé go bhfuil na céadta tonnaí éisc á slogadh ag an mbád gach lá agus go bhfuil speicis nach bhfuil luachmhar á ndumpáil aici, agus ainmhithe mara eile – cosúil le deilfeanna, muca mara agus míolta móra – á marú aici.

The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority accepts that bulk trawlers such as the Margiris pose an additional risk of breaching rules.

Glacann an tÚdarás um Chosaint Iascaigh Mhara leis go mbíonn baol breise ag baint le hollthrálaeir cosúil leis an Margiris ó thaobh sárú rialacha de.

The Authority says that they are aware of the movements of the trawler off the coast of Ireland and that they are closely monitoring it.

Deir an tÚdarás go bhfuilid ar an eolas fé ghluaiseachtaí an trálaeir amach ó chósta na hÉireann agus go bhfuil dianmhonatóireacht á déanamh acu uirthi.

Claims the company that owns the vessel, Parlevliet

Maíonn an comhlacht ar leis an t-árthach, Parlevliet & Van der Plas, go bhfuilid ag cloí le coinníollacha cuóta, go bhfuil áibhéil ag baint le líomhaintí fé leibhéil seachghabhála agus go bhfuil modhanna iascaigh inbhuanaithe á gcleachtadh acu.

Green Party MEP, Grace O'Sullivan, says new fisheries regulations are urgently needed that would completely ban such trawlers in EU waters.

Deir Feisire Eorpach an Chomhaontais Ghlais, Grace O'Sullivan, go bhfuil géarghá le rialacháin iascaigh nua a chuirfeadh cosc iomlán ar ollthrálaeir dá leithéid in uiscí an Aontas Eorpaigh.

She says these big boats are destroying marine ecosystems not to mention the livelihood of fishermen.

Deir sí go bhfuil na báid mhóra seo ag scrios éiceachórais na mara gan trácht ar s...