Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion
1:50 pm
Mr. Jeremy Gault:
It is back to how one defines nature. Aquaculture is a huge global industry. It is a necessary global industry because we need it for food. It does not have the headline news value of oil or gas or even renewable energy, but we do, and will, need aquaculture. It is a very emotive subject and leads to much conflict, as one can see at present. Those users are not included. As I said in the opening statement, it must be comprehensive where everyone can apply to the same system. There might be different scales or perhaps held in different ways, but why not aquaculture and fisheries?