Seanad debates
Thursday, 21 November 2002
Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
The ports out of which our fishing fleet operates, places like Killybegs, Castletownbere, Dingle or villages in Galway, are areas with high levels of unemployment and in many cases would be classified as economically disadvantaged. The fishing and related industries form a vital component of the economy of those areas. We must express concerns in the context of the common fisheries talks that will take place in December. The Minister has a major challenge. When he left our meeting last night he was going to Norway. While he is there, I hope he will look at what they do in the research centre at Bergen and look that country's attitude to conservation. Maybe we in the European Union can learn from that.
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