The UK claims ownership over the outcrop and a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea around it.
He made the comments after Scotland's Fisheries Minister Fergus Ewing warned Irish vessels could be boarded for fishing within 12 miles of Rockall.Rockall, an uninhabited islet measuring just 100ft wide and 70ft high, is a remnant of an eroded volcano. The lucrative seabed around Rockall, rich in oil and gas possibilities as well as fish, has been the subject of rival claims from Ireland, Iceland and Denmark .by raising the Union flag and cemented a plaque into the rock.However, Irish associations with Rockall may pre-date British expeditions by several centuries., famed for his Atlantic voyages, described Rockall and its dimensions as far back as the 6th Century.
"We have provided an opportunity for the Irish government to warn their fishermen not to fish illegally in the area.
If Scotland stay in the EU their members will be fishing Govan pier