CFP THREAT TO FISHING COMMUNITIES

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday July 31, 2002 23:49 by CELT EIRE

More news from the Celtic League AGM

Breton delegates at the Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League expressed concern at the threat posed to coastal communities by current European Fishery policy.

CFP THREAT TO FISHING COMMUNITIES

Breton delegates at the Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League
expressed concern at the threat posed to coastal communities by current
European Fishery policy.

Following discussion it was agreed that the League would write to
the European Commission expressing its concerns and urging that more
positive steps are taken to defend the livelihood of communities which
derive their living from the sea.

The AGM was reminded that it was over a decade ago that the League
first expressed concerns and since that time the position for fishing
communities in Brittany, Ireland and the other Celtic countries had
worsened.

The resolution set out below was unanimously adopted by the meeting
and the Celtic League Secretary General was asked to contact the EU
Fisheries Commissioner to raise the issue.

"This AGM: recalling the concerns of the Celtic League articulated
at the 1989 AGM, held in Abergwaun (Fishguard), about the long term
implications of the European Union Common Fisheries policy calls upon
the European Commission to take steps to protect those communities
within the Celtic countries that have traditionally derived their
living from the fishing industry.