EU fishing plan could decimate Irish fleet

EU fishing officials are due to meet later today to discuss a plan which could significantly reduce the size of the Irish fishing fleet.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2003 - 09:57

EU fishing officials are due to meet later today to discuss a plan which could significantly reduce the size of the Irish fishing fleet.

The Fisheries Management Committee in Brussels wants to apply a regulation that would deny fishing rights to any vessels which were not given a tonnage allocation by January 1 last.

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