Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Pelagic species and demersal species are under different regimes and management systems. We saw a collapse in what is known as the Celtic Sea herring fishery on the south and east coasts of this country. After approximately ten years of careful management, that fishery has recovered well. Ten years is reasonably quick for a fishery to recover. Can Dr. Pikitch give some indication as to what inhibits forage fisheries. They recover very quickly. I presume most of them are plankton feeders.