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

We can communicate it subsequently in further detail but the committee should rest assured that waters are not managed on the basis of what is caught in Irish waters, UK waters or French waters, respectively. It is EU waters and the overall entitlement to catch fish in those waters is predicated on scientific information gathered and collated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES. The latter is the international scientific assessment body which informs the Common Fisheries Policy as to what resources may be taken out. Quotas are not allocated on the basis of being a quota for Irish waters.