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EU fishing trawlers permitted to catch fish in any territorial waters
Should European fishing trawlers be permitted to catch fish in any EU territorial waters?
Alliance Party "Move from a top-down method of deciding fish quotas to one where member-states have a strong role, meaning that quotas can be flexible and efficient rather than centralised." Source: Alliance Party Manifesto 2014.
DUP Working together at Stormont, Westminster and in Brussels they have maximised the short term aid available to local fishermen, whilst working to relieve the disastrous consequences of a failed centralised fisheries management regime . Source: DUP 2014 Manifesto.
UKIP UKIP will leave the Common Fisheries Policy and reinstate British territorial waters. Foreign trawlers would have to apply for and purchase fishing permits to fish British waters when fish stocks have returned to sustainable levels. Source: UKIP Website http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people