Mr. John Menarry:

It is not just in contravention of Article 17, but it is also in contravention of the Government's own policy on how quotas should be distributed. It is in the Government's own quota management policy that it does not want to do anything to privatise or have quotas in such a way that they could be gathered together by larger companies, but basing quotas on track record and attaching them to vessels. Those with the money can buy tonnage with the track record attached. If they keep buying, they are amassing that.