The December Council of Fisheries Ministers Meeting has concluded in Brussels, with agreement on quotas for the coming year.
Killybegs Fishermens Organisation CEO Sean O’Donaghue was in Brussels for the negotiatons – He says the outcome was a mixed bag for the Irish fisheries sector…………
However, Independent Donegal South West Deputy Thomas Pringle says the December meeting follows a predictable pattern, within which the irish industry continues to lose out.
He says the fact is that the irish fleet has never received the quota to which it is entitled, and until real reform addreses that issue, there won’t be meanginful change………….
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