Mr. Fintan Gorman:

Absolutely. Inland Fisheries Ireland would be delighted to engage with BIM and to engage with the Marine Institute because I absolutely believe that we should have a common aim of preserving and enhancing the fisheries. Let me be quite clear that IFI is not opposed to agriculture. What we do have a problem with is that it needs to be properly regulated and all regulations need to be enforced - to the extent that when salmon and sea trout are going out in the spring, sea lice levels would be at or close to zero at that time of year. There needs to be co-operation so we can all coexist. There has to be a place for all forms of employment and fishing.