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.