Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara
2:00 am
Ms Caroline Bocquel:
Of course, sustainability is really important to us.
The Deputy is right in that we have eyes nearest the ground. We have 20 coastal officers who work with the sector day in, day out. Our role is to try to balance environmental sustainability with economic sustainability. The Deputy is absolutely right that when we see things are not in line, we act. We generally do not provide advice but we provide data to the Department, in addition to analytics to go with it. That is certainly something we do and if we are asked, we will continue to do so. If we see something that we believe simply does not make sense, of course we will examine it. This matter has become an issue in recent months and is one we are all beginning to pay significantly more attention to in order to ensure we retain the balance between environmental sustainability and economic sustainability.
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