Thursday 1st March 2012 Irish interests must be articulated re proposed changes to Common Fisheries Policy Following an EU meeting on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy, Andrew Doyle TD, Chair of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture has expressed concern over the mandatory nature of the these proposals and has stressed that Ireland’s position needs to be strongly articulated over the coming months. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the fisheries policy of the EU which was first put in place in 1983. It has been subject to reviews every 10 years, most recently in … Continue reading Common Fisheries Policy – next reform January 2013