David Maxwell (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I apologise, gentlemen; I was attending another committee. I am from an inland county and I do not know much about inshore fishing and such, but I have been reading up. The bluefin tuna are migratory fish. They come in and feed on the sprat, herring and mackerel in our inshore waters. We are not allowed to catch them. All we are doing is tagging them and releasing them. Can the other EU countries come into our inshore or do they have to just sit and fish? They can fish for them; they have the quota. However, that fish then can head back out and the Koreans and Japanese can take what they want. Nobody knows; they have no quota. Am I correct in surmising that? How far in can the EU boats come - the English or whoever - into our waters to fish for the-----