Mr. Micheál O'Mahony:

They would have had to declare the catches to the coastal state in the waters of which they caught the fish. The flag state has the entire picture and knows which portion of the catch is attributable to each set of waters. The answer to the Senator's question is yes. There is a difficulty in that this creates a challenge for us in terms of compliance verification when we go on board if, say, on day one there is a ping on the system. It is day one for us, but for all we know it might be day five of a six weeks fishing trip for the vessel in question.