As I said earlier, I represent the constituency of Strangford, and the fishing industry is particularly important to me. We have had a cod recovery programme in the Irish sea for the past 10 to 12 years, and there are greater numbers of cod than there have ever been during that time and the fish are bigger. However, Europe restricts our fishermen’s ability to fish those cod. That is an example of why we need a new common fisheries policy that local people can control and have an input in.
European Union (Finance) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Shannon
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 June 2015.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Finance) Bill.
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