Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps I have dwelt overlong on that, but it is an important point. The Senator asked another question on the value of fish and I can read a note I have been passed which provides as accurate a view as we have of the situation. It states that taking account of waters covering the region from northern Scotland to Brittany, covering Ireland's 200 mile zone as well as parts of the UK and French 200 mile zones, the fishing opportunities for 2016 for stocks to which the Irish fleet has access is 1.1 million tonnes, with a landing value of €1.26 billion and with a quota share amounting to 216,000 tonnes and a value of €201 million for the Irish fleet.