Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What is our position on super trawlers? I did not realise how large they were until someone described the nets being pulled behind them as being as big as Croke Park. They wipe out species. Some species might only appear once every three years, yet the super trawlers pull them in. A boat might get a phone call on the day and be told that cod or herring prices are up, and the rest of the catch goes out the chutes. That is disgraceful. Apart from that, super trawlers fish off Africa and deplete the stocks that small fishers fish to feed their families. It is causing hunger and so on. Is there anything we can do about them? Can Ireland or the EU take a stance on them and push the issue?