Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to confirm those comments. I am not making a case for or against drift netting. The witness is saying that despite the fact we have banned drift netting, which is seen to be the primary cause of declining fish stocks, the actual returns are reducing.