IRISH FISHERMEN WIN RIGHT TO REPLACE FISHING BOATS LOST AT SEA
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling has swept away a European Commission block on Irish fishermen replacing ships lost at sea with larger and safer vessels. Brussels had been resisting plans of Ocean Trawlers Ltd, of Killybegs; Thomas Flaherty, of Mainster; and Larry Murphy, of Brandyhill; all in Ireland, to replace sunk vessels. It had claimed that by increasing the capacity of the Irish fishing fleet, the plans broke conservation rules contained within the European Union's (EU) multiannual guidance programme 'MAGP IV' covering 1997 to ...
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