Mr. Michael Foley:

We are sitting here talking about mackerel and what boats have or have not got. In actual fact, the inshore fleet has nothing. We do not have mackerel, blue whiting, redfish or boarfish. We did have herring but that was taken from the inshore boats to satisfy a few larger vessels.

We are actually getting away from the point of why we are here today. It is about sprat. When former the Minister Michael Creed introduced his measure – I will not use the word "ban" – it was not about sprat but about trawling inside the six-mile zone. It was to create opportunities for inshore boats that did not have any opportunities. Let us face it, Mr. Murphy, the bigger boats worked from the inside out down through the years. I have seen it first-hand. It is very easy for your boats to say we should stop or not do something. It is like a child who throws her rattle out of the cradle when she does not get her own way.