Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Can Ms McSherry explain this to me, as a person who would not have in-depth knowledge of it? We have one of the largest sea areas in Europe and there would be much discontent among the fishermen who would feel that others have a proportion of the fish in our area. Can that be revisited to give more quota, especially to the smaller operations? I am not talking about the big ones. I note one can watch it on an app. Some boats come into our area and can mop up a significant amount of fish. It is nearly like the commercial farm versus the family farm. Is there anything that can be done for the smaller operators to make them more sustainable because the previous group who were in here said it is getting more difficult?
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