Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation

2:00 am

Mr. Enda Conneely:

Yes, they mention that occasionally. It needs to be looked at a bit more because there was one year where they overshot a lot. The way that works in other jurisdictions is that the quota would be allocated for a certain period. It is a seasonal fishery. For most of the small boats, it will be over by September really. Any leftover stuff just goes into the bigger boat quota that can fish it during the winter. It is something I have heard come up a few times, but it is not to do with the way we were talking about the quotas. We need to have access to different species in the areas in order that we can be allowed to go working. Pollock was a particular problem. That is going to be a problem next year. The cod in area 6a closed everything down. It goes back to the same thing about a centralised, large management model that they are using. Mr. Early might want to come in on that.

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