Mr. Seán O'Donoghue:

Yes. The last thing I will say about mackerel is that there is a perception that giving up the whitefish entitlements will be of benefit to other 1,400 vessels involved in the whitefish industry. That is not the case. We strongly urge the committee to look at the submissions about this on the website.

I want to deal another issue around the allocation of quota, namely, Brexit. This is a major issue for us and we are asking that it become a Government priority. It is critical that we do not separate fisheries from trade negotiations.

A UK Minister has already indicated extra hundreds of tonnes of fish will be landed there. We really need the Government on side on this. We hope the Chairman will look at our opening statement in some detail.