Mr. Michael Keatinge:

Somebody from the institute probably would be better placed to answer that. However, the three areas from which I look to see increased raw material supply coming are first, non-traditional species such as boarfish, second, foreign landings and third, aquaculture production. These numbers are achievable.

There were several questions on scaling the sector and I will ask some of my colleagues to come in on some of these points. However, the overarching point I will make is it is not the intention of Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, to replace the entirety of the Irish processing sector with two or three megacompanies. That said, however, I believe the farming tradition has shown us that one must have some companies of sufficient scale if one is to compete at international level. This can be done in a number of ways. Is it our intention to entice in foreign companies? Certainly not. That is not what we have been about. Have we looked at creating groupings in areas such as accessing new markets? I will ask my colleague, Mr. Donal Buckley, to talk a little about the work we have been doing into China. It is a really good example of where we are going in this regard.