Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is the body that sets the international quota. Since 2016, the European Union share of that international quota has increased by 73% - some 8,000 tonnes - from 11,200 tonnes to 19,360 tonnes. Ireland, however, has not got one of those tonnes. Irish fishermen, right around the coast, are reporting to me as Sinn Féin's fisheries spokesperson that they are looking at this lucrative and predatory fish getting fattened up on a range of fish species in our waters, which then goes out and gets caught by an array of international vessels. These vessels are making a fortune from fish fattened in our waters. It is an absolute mortal sin that we have not got one tonne of that additional quota in recent years. The Minister will have to fight harder.

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