Mr. Séamus Bonner:

ABALOBI is a non-profit organisation from South Africa. We did a pilot project on two Irish islands - Arranmore and Inisbofin - during Covid. It was a pilot project funded by Rethink Ireland. We got a small amount of funding to try out the app. It is a phone app where someone can log his or her catch and sell directly to consumers, who have a link back to the story about where and when it was caught so there is full traceability from a QR code that the user scans on his or her phone. It worked well.

We have put into our production and marketing plan to expand its use but the lack of the funding there has really slowed it down. They are well known globally. They were finalists in the Earthshot Prize last year. It has got really good potential because it means that fishermen can get a better price for the catch that they have and make the most of what they are catching.