Fish industry fears as preferential quota system in balance

A HISTORIC concession to Irish fishermen, which last year almost doubled the amount of cod they could fish in certain areas, could disappear warned Fisheries Minister Tony Killeen.

Negotiations and talks between EU member states and the European Commission continued late into the night in the annual quota-fixing meeting in Brussels.

But at the top of the Irish agenda is the issue known as the Hague preferences. In place since 1976, it had become ever more important as stocks and the quantity of fish fishermen are allowed to take has decreased.