Ireland seeking closed fishing areas rather than a restriction on days

IRELAND wants closed areas for fishing off the south coast to protect cod stock and not a closed fishing day regime (limiting days spent at sea) as proposed by the EU.

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Tony Killeen has outlined Ireland’s vision for the future of the Common Fisheries Policy at a meeting of fisheries ministers in Brussels.

The discussion by ministers marked the start of the debate on the reform of the CFP which will see the new policy in place by 2012.