Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Aodh O'Donnell:

Reckless behaviour in macro fishing is being rewarded. There is systematic overfishing by up to 40% each year and quotas are being inflated. At the same time of the year, soft deals are done with the perpetrators to fish blue whiting.