Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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I have a brief question for the Marine Institute. It is a sort of closing question. Dr. Kelly said it would take a number of years to build up the evidence and data and to go through the ICES process, so it will take a number of years before there is any possibility of developing any specific sprat management plans. Leaving aside economic or political reasons and purely on the basis of science, what would the witnesses recommend in relation to the sprat fishery in the absence of that information to date? Is it the use of the precautionary quota that has been determined by ICES or do the witnesses have any other opinions or recommendations on it? That is purely on the evidence and the fishery science.