Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With all respect, there is also the issue of ICES not talking to the fishermen about their views as to how the fishing stocks are holding up.

In the case of mackerel stocks, the fishermen have always been of the view that the stock is more than what the scientific advice said it is, and it has been shown today that they are right. The reality is that they are not always wrong.