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- Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department has overall responsibility for the implementation of the Shellfish Waters Directive (79/923/EEC). This directive has been enacted through SI 268/2006 and Clew bay is designated as a Shellfish Water under these regulations. As a designated water, an ongoing action plan has been implemented to protect and improve these waters, consisting of a testing regime and ongoing analysis...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department has responsibility for the licensing of aquaculture activities in accordance with the terms of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 as amended. Aquaculture licences have continued to be granted and renewed since the introduction of the Statutory Instrument referred to by the Deputy. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is a statutory consultee in...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department has responsibility for the granting of licences and leases in relation to activities on the Foreshore. Leases and licences have continued to be granted since the introduction of the Statutory Instrument referred to by the Deputy. Leases and licences are granted, as appropriate, for a wide variety of structures and activities on or uses of the foreshore. The Department of the...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department has responsibility for the granting of Dumping at Sea Permits in accordance with the terms of the Dumping at Sea Act 1996, as amended by the Dumping at Sea Act 2004. Dumping at Sea permits have continued to be granted and renewed since the introduction of the Statutory Instrument referred to by the Deputy. The issue of dumping at sea permits is now largely confined to the...
- Written Answers — Fish Quotas: Fish Quotas (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Under EU regulations, landings of pelagic species (e.g. herring, mackerel, horse mackerel) in excess of 10 tonnes may only be permitted into designated ports. Landing restrictions for quantities below this amount are subject to national rules whereby such landings, other than by-catches, must also be into designated ports.
- Written Answers — Fish Quotas: Fish Quotas (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The designation of ports for landing of pelagic species (herring, mackerel, etc.) is necessary in order to satisfy EU requirements and also for the purpose of appropriate control of landings. Ireland's list of designated ports for the Celtic Sea Herring fishery was revised in late 2006 to include Baltimore and Dunmore East, bringing the total number of designated ports around our coastline...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: I expect the Southern Regional Fisheries Board and the Marine Institute to consider the options for monitoring the changes in stocks arising from the adjustments in the salmon management regime introduced this year. I expect they will make recommendations with a view to ensuring that future management decisions are based on the best available information and to overcome the challenges...
- Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The National Coastal Protection Strategy Study (NCPSS) was initiated by this department in 2003 and moves coastal protection planning from a year to year to a more long-term strategic basis. Underlying this study is the recognition that coastal erosion and flooding cannot be eliminated but must be managed going forward in an economically, environmentally and technically sustainable way. The...
- Written Answers — Drift Net Fishing: Drift Net Fishing (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Details of the hardship fund are being finalised at present and will be widely advertised in the national press in the near future. The fund will be managed on an administrative basis by BIM and the Regional Fisheries Boards and therefore no legislation is required.
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Following a lengthy public consultation process in 2004 on development options for Dunmore East Harbour, a planning application for a harbour development, together with an environmental impact statement, were prepared and submitted to Waterford County Council. Planning permission for the development of the Fishery Harbour Centre was received in late 2005. The cost of providing the new harbour...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Following a lengthy public consultation process in 2004 on development options for Dunmore East Harbour, a planning application for a harbour development, together with an environmental impact statement, were prepared and submitted to Waterford County Council. Planning permission for the development of the Fishery Harbour Centre was received in late 2005. The cost of providing the new harbour...
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The function of the Licensing Authority for sea-fishing boats was transferred under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 to the Registrar General of Fishing Boats. The Act provides that the Licensing Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions under the Act, subject to the law for the time being in force and policy directives in relation to sea-fishing boat licensing. The...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Regulations: Fisheries Regulations (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The draft Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and Quotas Regulation for 2007 was published by the EU Commission on the 5th December 2006, and will be decided on at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers next week from the 19th to 21st December 2006. I met with our industry representatives on Tuesday in order to discuss the proposed EU Regulation and to identify our priorities for the...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Regulations: Fisheries Regulations (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: I recently published the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations and made them available for public consultation up until 17 December 2006. The regulation provides for the revised quotas for the taking of salmon (including sea trout over 40 centimetres) by commercial fishing engines and the introduction of a quota for anglers. The quotas are to be allocated on a...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: Porturlin Pier is owned by Mayo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 2002 Mayo County Council engaged consultants to carry out a Feasibility Study and Preliminary Report for harbour improvements at Porturlin Pier. In order to proceed with the project the County Council sought funding of â¬200,000 from the...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: International best practice for the management of North Atlantic Salmon requires the adoption of the precautionary approach and the cessation of indiscriminate mixed stock fisheries. These are the recommendations of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation and the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea. Moreover, if we do not end mixed stock fishing in 2007, the EU...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The scheme recommended by the Independent Group in their report is aimed at alleviating hardship which is related to loss of income derived from salmon harvesting in recent years caused, in turn, by the cessation of mixed stock fishing in the interest of conservation. It is not a compensation scheme. The cessation of mixed stock fishing for wild salmon could not be said to cause hardship to...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The proposed Total Allowable Catches (TACS) and Quotas regulation was published by the EU Commission on the 5th of December, 2006. The scientific advice for the stocks covered by this regulation was made available by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) on the 20th October, 2006. The Commission's Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (7 Dec 2006)
John Browne: Following routine autumn testing carried out on wild oysters by the Marine Institute in Lough Swilly during the period 25 â 27 October 2006, suspicions of the presence of Bonamia ostreae were raised when thirteen out of seventy five oysters were identified as suspect positive. The Marine Institute informed the Department on 7th November that they had forwarded these suspect samples to the...
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: All matters relating to the Licensing of individual Sea Fishing vessels are a matter for the independent Sea Fishing Boat Licensing Authority established under the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003. However, I have been informed by the Authority that their records show that the individuals concerned applied to have their vessel registered in May 2000 and a Certificate of Registry issued to...