Mr. Aodh O'Donnell:

I think there is a lot of folly going on and there is a pretence at play. The UK, for example, as a sovereign state, has entered into a trilateral arrangement with these rogue players. It has traded inflated quota above scientific recommendations with these players in a three-year deal to give access to UK waters to the benefit of sovereign fishers in the UK. These things must be addressed and I think the Deputy's point about legal action is something that needs to be considered by the State, because everything else is failing. At the end of the day, our members have to pay their mortgages, pay their crews and employ their staff. This is not possible in the current situation. Fishers cannot have a 50% cut in their opportunity in one year and survive.