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. Patrick Murphy:
The figures would say that, given that we only catch 15% of the fish. We are monitored way more than our foreign counterparts who are coming here. That is down to the system. We have an agreement with the other countries that they do not have to be monitored fully by our officers here. They can land their fish. Once the boxes landed add up, they do not look into the boxes or break them down by species. It is left to the others at home. They operate a different system where they can balance the books.
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