Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
5:30 pm
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Yes. There will be designations twice the size of our landmass in this country by 2030. Is that correct? It is proposed that it will be 30% of all marine waters by 2030. My understanding is that two sites will be designated, of 3 billion ha. What effect will this have on fishermen or fisherwomen or fisherpeople?