Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

The next question I have is on the number of vessels. Is Bord Iascaigh Mhara tracking the numbers and capacity of fishing vessels in the fleets compared to, say, ten years ago? Ms Bocquel did say the impact of Brexit was catastrophic. It is just that if people did not understand the industry, they would read that report in a particular way.

It is a well-presented report – there is no doubt about it. I appreciate the witnesses were working off the available data that the industry is puzzled about in terms of landings. They will say, for example, in respect of pelagic that mackerel was doing better, in aquaculture that salmon was performing stronger and the performance of one species can give an impression that the overall sector is doing well. I wish to get a sense of vessels. Does BIM track all of that information compared with ten years ago?