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:

The data is correct. In one seven-day period in 2023, the Norwegians landed 40,000 tonnes of mackerel. That exceeds our total annual quota. If the cuts go ahead as planned in 2026, that will be four times our total quota. This overfishing is continuing. It is happening in the international zone where they fish mackerel at an inflated level even as we speak. This is damaging our shared migratory stock. It has to stop.