Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Brian Beckett:
I do not have much to add. Fish populations, as Mr. Fox said, mirror water quality. When we get that response when the improved water quality comes, nature is very resilient and it bounces back relatively quickly. There are cycles on which the fish population rely naturally to recover. It is at least a three-year cycle for fish.
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