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Thu 11 Nov 2008Ireland gets exemption for Celtic Sea in cod plan
IRELAND HAS succeeded in exempting the Celtic Sea region from a new EU proposal on cod recovery after Minister of State for Fisheries Tony Killeen labelled the plan "draconian".
EU fisheries ministers meeting in Brussels reached a deal yesterday that includes a commitment to continue the practice of closing off targeted "conservation boxes" in the Irish Sea rather than simply cutting fishing across the board.
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