date:Dec 21, 2012
declared: This has been my third year attending these frustrating negotiations and I am delighted that we were able to secure the best possible deal for the UK fishing industry.
The current Cod Recovery Plan has failed to deliver. It was one of my priorities to ensure that days at sea for fishermen would remain the same next year and that is exactly what has been achieved.
He added: I always enter these discussions clear in my mind that any decisions on quotas, or days spent at sea, need to b