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. John Lynch:

It is certainly something I have been promoting for a long time that the minimum sizes for some of the species need to be reviewed, in my opinion. I am not a scientist, but in my opinion as a fisherman. I have fished for nearly 40 years. I have my own vessel. I ended up in the fisheries representative position I am in now. However, it has for a long time been my opinion that a lot of the minimum landing conservation reference sizes are too small.