The new four-year-deal provides fishing opportunities for 40 tuna seiners and 45 surface long-liners, and a maximum of 20 supply vessels to assist the EU fishing vessels.
Stability, jobs and growth will be Ireland's priorities while in charge of the Council presidency over the next six months. EP president Martin Schulz and the leaders of the political groups visited Dublin in November to discuss it with the Irish government and we have now asked Irish MEPs to tell us what they hope the presidency will achieve.