Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion
Tim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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With regard to the huge issue of the breakdown in the shellfish market in particular, can fishers diversify into other markets? Traditionally, there was access to mackerel previously. If there was more access to mackerel would the boats have the opportunity to fill a potential quota there, like in 2021 or 2022 when there was significant access and boats made a significant volume of landings? Will the witnesses explain to us what happened then and what were the volumes of landings?