Mr. Miche?l O'Mahony:

Under the Article 61(1) control plan regime, the normal expectation of fishermen rocking up to a pier in Ireland is that they are going to send their fish to a permitted establishment. That is a reasonable expectation. In the case of pelagic fish, we are obliged to weigh 5% in a certain way before transport so it is a completely different paradigm for that landing. The notice to weigh says that your landing has been selected as one of that 5%. This means that even though you had expected to be weighing up the road, you are weighing right here right now today. The important part of it is the weight before transport, which is the weight that counts for the declarations that Deputy Pringle referred to earlier.