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Belgium with a coastline only 6km longer than Wicklow has quota x16 more than Irish fishermen in Irish waters

MARINE TIMES NEWS December 13th:
EU BETRAYS IRISH FISHING INDUSTRY

The exploitation of Irish waters by other EU Member States is clear from the outcome of the annual fisheries negotiations, underlined by the blocking of the Hague Preferences, a system which would be of some compensation to Ireland.

This is an agreed system under the Relative Stability mechanism which has been seen as a core of the mutual community approach of the EU. It but has now been thrown aside by Member States for whom fishing in Irish waters is hugely profitable for their own industries but destructive of the Irish industry. Full story here

Common Fisheries Policy Has Failed Irish Fishing Industry

€94M Blow Threatens Future of says Seafood Alliance

The Seafood Ireland Alliance (SIA) says that the EU Fisheries Council deal is a betrayal of Ireland’s fishing industry. The Alliance says the Member States and European Commission has reneged on commitments embedded in the Common Fisheries Policy designed to protect our island’s reliance on fishing