Ms Caroline Bocquel:

We are working on a number of initiatives with the pelagic sector in particular on mackerel. One of the things we are doing is looking at how we treat what we would have called "waste". Of course we do not call it "waste" anymore. It is a coproduct. Up to 65% of the fish would not have been for human consumption.

We are trialling some groundbreaking technology in Killybegs at the moment to be able to valorise that and to extract as much value as we possibly can out of it. Similarly, on the whitefish side, we have been working with the Foyle co-op on a quality programme again to make sure we are getting the highest price possible for every single component of this raw material which is so valuable. We are working with the sector to extract as much value as possible and to ensure we are using the entire fish. That is really important for those two species in particular to extract as much value as we possibly can.