Leaders urge fishermen to vote Yes to Nice Treaty

DESPITE cuts in fish quotas, fishermen were urged yesterday by industry leaders to support the Nice Treaty.

Sean O’Donoghue who heads Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation and Jason Whooley, manager of the Castletownbere-based ISWFPO, said the decision to seek a Yes vote was based on months’ of deliberations.

Support of the Nice Treaty, they said, would strengthen Ireland’s hand in negotiations on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Both men acknowledged there was total disillusionment in the Irish fishing industry with the Common Fisheries Policy.