Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation
2:00 am
Mr. Enda Conneely:
Making a case to allow for low-impact fishing would be good. With regard to crab fishing, it is difficult to know. We were involved in the crab focus group last year. There is a lot of pressure coming on the stock because there was decommissioning of some of the whitefish fleet. There are a lot more pots going out now. They put out more pots because the catch-per-unit effort means they need more pots to catch the same. The market for that is also different. There are a few issues that we can take on board later.