AN EU Commission proposal for a comprehensive prohibition on commercial fishing for bass in the Irish and Celtic Seas has been welcomed by the Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney. Scientific advice for bass is very worrying and we must do our utmost to protect this stock. Ireland has been to the forefront in being the only EU state to afford maximum protection and this proposal will enhance that protection by making the Irish model obligatory, the Minister says…
Irish Times, 22/04/15. Read the full article ‘Welcome by Simon Coveney for proposed EU fishing ban for bass in Irish and Celtic Seas‘.
