Significant progress on Danish mackerel dispute

Published 2021년 12월 16일

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The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) in Ireland welcomes the EU Council's decision to resolve the Danish mackerel dispute, but CEO Seán O’Donoghue believes more needs to be done. The organization is encouraged by the agreement's potential to address the dispute's wider issues of burden-sharing and inaccurate quota setting. However, O’Donoghue criticizes the lack of quotas for most stocks shared with the UK and the failure to address over-fishing of mackerel by Norway and the Faroe Islands. He also calls for a change in the post-Brexit negotiation system to provide more accurate information for setting quotas.

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Significant Progress On Danish Mackerel Dispute Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) welcomes moves on Danish mackerel dispute Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) CEO, Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a declaration issued by the Council of EU Fisheries Ministers aimed at resolving the mackerel dispute between Denmark and Ireland. However, he conceded that this agreement aside, it was a case of “little done, lots left to do” at the annual meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers which concluded in Brussels earlier this week. Mr O’Donoghue said that this outcome provided an injection of confidence on the critical wider issue of burden-sharing whereby the industry here is seeking an equitable solution to the outrageous scenario which sees Irish fishermen saddled with 40% of the EU’s fisheries loss to Britain, post-Brexit. “We are confident that when all the facts are fully examined rather than the rhetoric, it will be shown that the incorrect methodology had been used by ...

Source: Fish Focus