Ms Caroline Bocquel:

We have been looking at lots of novel species. We are also looking at underutilised species, which I will come to in a moment because there are opportunities in that regard. It is important to say that does not mean we are not offering any services to the inshore sector. I meet them every quarter. We go through challenges it might have, operational issues and bigger strategic points. It is also worth noting in the existing seafood development programme that for the first time last year, the Minister decided quite wisely that he wanted a bespoke fund just for the inshore sector rather than having it as part of the wider sustainable fishery sector. Under the previous EMFAF programme, which ran for seven years, the inshore fleet received €830,000 of investment. In the first call we issued last year, we had sent out letters of offer for €1.2 million. This is all funding designed to add value to the sector. It is ensuring it can modernise and helping it move to added value such as live holding units, seafood trucks and direct sales, all of which the sector wants and will form part of the strategy. We are already funding and providing those supports daily.