Total Allowable Catches

Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 March 2010.

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Photo of Peter Robinson Peter Robinson DUP, Belfast East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the meeting of the EU Fisheries Council, December 2009, when he expects to convene a meeting to consider the Common Fisheries Policy on Area 7 nephrops total allowable catch quota.

Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Marine and Natural Environment)

Scientists from the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute of Northern Ireland (AFBI), the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) are meeting in Belfast to discuss the management of Area 7 Nephrops this month. I will consider the next steps in relation to the future management of the stock once the conclusions of that meeting are known.

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