Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion

Mr. Paschal Hayes:

We keep harping back to it, but we need to keep in mind the bigger picture that this is about the sustainability of fish stocks into the future. Whether it is 5%, 6% or 7%, it is still about making sure that too much fish is not taken out of the sea so that resource is there perpetually for future generations. Our job is to make sure the operators are weighing those fish accurately for that very reason.