Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. John Lynch:

I am not totally up to date on exactly how often each individual vessel is inspected but a vessel could be inspected at sea by the navy, the European control authority or the control authorities of a third country if it was fishing in the waters of a third country. Then it is subject to inspection and would have a number of inspections. Most of my vessels are demersal, so they would have a number of inspections per year onshore as well as at sea. There could be inspections from the SFPA onshore and then there could be an inspection of the fish in the auction hall or factory facility. The number of inspections is hard to define, and it is not the main issue. The main issue is how it is dealt with after the inspection.

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