John Browne T.D., Irish Minister for Communi-cations, Marine and Natural Resources has announced that he has secured funding to launch a major new collaborative research prog-ramme between the Irish fishing industry and Marine Institute scientists.
Three new research projects will be undertaken to provide new information to improve the knowledge and advice available to managers for key fish stocks, important to the Irish fleet. These projects will focus on West of Ireland anglerfish, Celtic Sea cod and the closed area in the Irish Sea.
All three projects commenced in November 2006 and will run to the end of 2007 and will be funded under the Marine Research sub-measure in the National Development Plan.
Detailed descriptions of all three projects can be found at www.worldfishing.net
