Press Release: Minister Connick’s initiative on mackerel receives broad support at EU Fisheries Council

Sean Connick, Minister of State at the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, made a strong case at the EU Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 29 June 2010, on two major issues of importance to the Irish fishing industry: unregulated mackerel fishing by Iceland and the Faroe Islands and the on-going Common Fisheries Policy reform.

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Fishupdate.com, 9.8.10: Iceland vessel owners hit back in mackerel dispute http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/13991/Iceland_vessel_owners_hit_back_in_mackerel_dispute.html

EUObserver, 10.8.10: Iceland and Brussels in fishing row as EU talks begin http://euobserver.com/9/30600

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