THE process of discarding dead fish is to be phased out by the EU Fisheries Council in Luxembourg and eventually banned.

Offers of help flooded in from all over Ireland yesterday after an emotional appeal from the wife of one of two missing fishermen.

The families of two men feared drowned on the Tit Bonhomme trawler tragedy off Cork have lit candles and dropped flower petals into the sea in a heartwrenching visit to the crash site.

The father of a young man feared drowned on a trawler with four experienced fishermen believes his son’s body is on board.

FISHING representative groups have warned that current proposals for reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) could further threaten an already ailing industry.

Fishermen tonight welcomed the Government’s decision to re-think the downgrading of a coastguard helicopter service.

Fishermen warned today of tragedies at sea after the Government’s decision to scale back a coastguard helicopter service.

FISHERMEN have appealed for solidarity from voters who they said can help revive their industry by rejecting the Lisbon Treaty.

The daughter of the man who secured the right of Irish people to vote on EU treaties today urged the electorate to reject the latest reform package.

A SPLINTER group of farmers has launched a No to Lisbon campaign, claiming its introduction will dilute Irish inheritance laws and slash farming incomes in an enlarged EU.

SOCIALIST Party MEP Joe Higgins says he will not link up with any group opposed to abortion when he launched his No to Lisbon campaign in Strasbourg.

PROTESTING fishermen last night refused to rule out further blockades of ports next week after an urgent review of the needs of fishing fleets, was announced by Marine Minister Pat “The Cope” Gallagher.

ANGRY scallop fishermen are expected to wreak havoc at some of the country’s major ports after lifting a suspension yesterday on the threat of blockades.

MORE than 1,000 ferry passengers had to be diverted to Dublin yesterday after a blockade of Rosslare and Waterford harbours by fishermen protesting Government-imposed fishing restrictions.

Minister for the Marine Pat "the Cope" Gallagher has said he is happy with the outcome of overnight negotiations on EU fish quotas for next year.

THE Irish Fishermen’s Organisation yesterday described as inconceivable that the European Commission would allow legal uncertainty to have developed around fishing in the Irish Box.

AN environmental time bomb was ticking in the Atlantic last night after the sinking of the stricken Prestige oil tanker 500 miles from Mizen Head.