A deal on fish policy for the next decade was pulled back from the brink when EU member states agreed to a new set of compromises put forward by Fisheries Minister Simon Coveney.

Fishermen will be obliged to land almost all fish they catch from next January, whether they have a quota for them or not under a plan brokered by Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

A major step in the most radical reform of the EU’s fisheries policy was agreed by the European Parliament.