Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Fishing Industry: Discussion
5:00 pm
Mr. Micheál O'Mahony:
If a vessel comes into port with hake, ling and monkfish on board, we can contact the Spanish authorities to ascertain whether it has an authorisation that allows it to catch these species. However, with regard to the absolute quantity of fish, the authorisation is generally shared across and traded between a group of vessels. It is not the case that there is a hard cap per vessel.