Support vessels may have a substantial impact on the way fishing vessels are able to carry out their fishing operations and on the quantity of fish they can retrieve.
D’fhéadfadh tionchar suntasach a bheith ag soithí tacaíochta ar an gcaoi ar féidir le soithí iascaireachta a n-oibríochtaí iascaireachta a dhéanamh agus ar an méid iasc is féidir leo a ghabháil.