Ms Sin?ad McSherry:

All of the fishing opportunities are dealt with in the context of sustainability and ensuring future stocks for future generations of fishers. All quotas that are determined by Council are in the context of scientific advice on how to fish those.

Within the Irish system, there are several policies that have been determined by the Minister and are published on how that quota is distributed between the fleet and that has to take into account a number of factors. Any changes to those policies would be a matter for the Minister.