Received 4 February 2021
Decided
Granted
Request Reference 21/047
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

1) RECENT FISHERIES CORRESPONDENCE (SEP 2020 to present) All correspondence (including, but not limited to: letters, emails and phone calls / texts / WhatsApp messages etc.) between the following organisations: Irish Fish Producers Organisation - including XXX / Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) - including XXX / Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation - including XXX / Irish South & East Fish Producer Organisation (ISEFPO) - including XXX and Minister Charlie McConalogue and/or DAFM Assistant Secretary XXXX XXXX from 02 September 2020 to present (04 February 2021), in relation to: the weighing of pelagic fish, penalty points and the December 2020 European Fisheries Council My request excludes correspondence in relation to setting up any physical or virtual meetings. Details of some of these correspondance are registered in the Lobbying Register: • Irish Fish Producers Organisation Ltd: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/67494/irish-fish-producers- organisation-ltd • IS&WFPO Ltd: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/64897/iswfpo-ltd • Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/68380/killybegs-fishermens-organisation-ltd 2) 2019 FISHERIES COUNCIL (01 SEP - 31 DEC 2019) All correspondence ( including, but not limited to: letters, emails and phone calls / texts / WhatsApp messages etc.) between the following organisations: Irish Fish Producers Organisation - including XXXX XXXXX/ Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) - including XXXXX XXXX / Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation - including XXXX XXXXX / Irish South & East Fish Producer Organisation (ISEFPO) - including XXXXX XXXXX, and Minister Michael Creed and/or DAFM Assistant Secretary XXXX XXXXX from 01 September to 31 December 2019 in relation to the 2019 European Fisheries Council.