Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Forage Fish: Discussion

12:00 pm

Photo of Noel HarringtonNoel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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The ultimate adoption by the EU of maximum sustainable yields in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy will go a long way towards dealing with some of these issues. That is welcome. The market is driven by consumer sentiment. If the market demands anchovy, sardinella or menhaden, a way will be found to facilitate that. Has Dr. Pikitch done any work on that side of the process to inform consumers of the dangers that exist and the fisheries that are under threat?