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:

That is correct, and of course there will be whitefish landings at Killybegs. We should keep in mind that, throughout the period, Killybegs kept going and there were always many landings into the harbour. There are 20,000 landings from large vessels in the country every year, and if smaller vessels are counted, there are 40,000 landings. There are still landings of whitefish into Greencastle and crab into Rathmullen, for example. In Deputy Michael Collins's area, potters land crab and lobster into Schull. All along the coast, landings continue. One important issue we did not touch on in the previous session is that if this control plan is lost, we will be back to the situation we faced last year between April and December, whereby every fish on the quayside will have to be weighed.