EU fishing talks get under way in Clonakilty

Week-long negotiations, which have opened at the National Seafood Centre in Clonakilty, Co Cork, are focused on the annual fishing arrangements for 2015 between the European Union and Norway.

Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Britain, Spain, and Portugal are taking part in the negotiations, which are being attended by over 70 delegates.

The negotiations, hosted by Ireland, will cover a wide range of fish stocks across the north-east Atlantic, which are jointly managed by and shared between Norway and some EU states.