The meeting in Athlone between fisheries ministers and fishermen's representatives has ended after nine hours.
The Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith and the Junior Minister for Fisheries Tony Killeen announced that they are to meet the EU Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, in Brussels next Wednesday.
They said they will convey in the strongest terms the depth of Irish fishermen's feelings over the crisis they face.
The ministers said they would press the EU to fund measures to deal with the problem.
They also said that the decommissioning scheme that should remove about a third of Irish boats from the fleet with compensation for fishermen would be introduced later this month.
This scheme, costing €42m, has already been announced, but its implementation has been delayed.
The Federation of Fishermen represented the main fishing organisations at the meeting, and there were also representatives of the fishermen who have been leading the protest in the last few days.
The meeting followed blockades at Cork and Waterford ports earlier this week.
Fishermen who organised the blockades had threatened to re-impose them if they are not satisfied with the outcome of the meeting.
Fishermen have called their own meeting for 9am in the morning in Athlone to discuss the meeting.
Fishermen are concerned about the high cost of fuel and catching quotas, which they say cause the force dumping of valuable fish at sea.
They also say the Government has criminalised them, in a legal system that is tougher than anywhere else in Europe.
60,000 people in coastal areas depend on the fishing industry for their economic well-being.
