6 DFómh 2014, 16:15
Representatives from BirdWatch Ireland will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine tomorrow to discuss the impact of the new EU fishing regulations set for 2015 on the wider ecological system.
6 October 2014
Established in 1968, conservation charity BirdWatch Ireland has over 14,000 members and supporters and a local network of over 20 branches nationwide. It works to protect wild birds and their habitats in Ireland. BirdWatch representatives will address the Committee on the revised EU rules around Total Allowable Catches and quotas for 2015.
Committee Chairman Andrew Doyle says: “In a deal brokered by the Irish Presidency of the EU in 2013, Member States committed to end overfishing in European waters by 2015. At tomorrow’s meeting, representatives from BirdWatch Ireland will outline how this historic opportunity should be seized to rebuild the health of the marine environment. Their submission is expected to point to the huge potential to recover the fish stocks to ecologically sustainable levels in Irish waters, but only with the full and swift implementation of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy.”
The meeting takes place tomorrow Tuesday 7 October at 2 pm in Committee Room 3, LH 2000. Public proceedings can be viewed online here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
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For further information please contact:
Paul Hand,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 4484
M: +353 87 694 9926