John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

A total of 16 recommendations are made in the report, some of which we have already put in place through the UN, the Common Fisheries Policy and the system in Europe. Ireland is reasonably compliant with many of the suggestions and ideas outlined in the report. Reference is made in the report to regional fisheries management organisations, RFMOs, and the need to become more accountable, transparent and upfront. We deal with two of these RFMOs — the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission and the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. We have complied, and will continue to comply, with many of the environmental measures introduced by it in recent years.

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