A corporate plan for the new North-South Loughs Agency was discussed by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, Mr Fahey, and the North's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Brid Rodgers, at a joint ministerial council in Dublin yesterday.
Other issues relating to establishment of the new Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission - one of the six North/South implementation bodies - were also discussed at the meeting.
A progress report on draft legislation for developing and licensing aquaculture and inland fisheries in shared waterways was presented to the Ministers. The next such sectoral gathering is due to take place in the North in September.