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| Fishermen welcome EU conservation talks outcome | |
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| Fishing industry representatives have welcomed the outcome of overnight talks in Brussels on EU fish conservation measures. | Fishing industry representatives have welcomed the outcome of overnight talks in Brussels on EU fish conservation measures. |
| The UK government said the deal was good for "the health of the seas", while EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Daminaki was "broadly satisfied". | |
| The fishing industry had faced the threat of further automatic cuts as part of the EU's Cod Plan. | The fishing industry had faced the threat of further automatic cuts as part of the EU's Cod Plan. |
| It argued the cuts were unnecessary because of a doubling of cod stocks. | It argued the cuts were unnecessary because of a doubling of cod stocks. |
| The UK fisheries minister Richard Benyon said the deal was based on sound scientific advice, even though many environmental scientists argue that quotas are consistently set too high. | |
| Scottish Fishermen's Federation Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said: "We were facing the very real danger of the decision-making being caught in legal red tape that would have caused immense economic hardship and done nothing to aid fish stock conservation and sustainable harvesting. | |
| "Fishing effort in Scotland has been slashed by almost 70 per cent over the last 10 years and we were quite simply at a stage where the fleet could not sustain any more cuts. | |
| "These were hard fought negotiations but on balance the package of measures agreed brings a degree of stability for the Scottish fleet in 2013." | |
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