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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...are taking on board or the damage they are doing to fish stocks in general. We also do not know what environmental damage they are doing. Factory ships should be obliged to have a member of the SFPA on board at all times.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: ...-for-all which existed prior to our accession and the establishment of the CFP. Fishing access to the Irish exclusive economic zone is strictly controlled and monitored by the Naval Service and the SFPA in co-operation with our EU partners. At a wider EU level, there is limited fishing access granted to some non-EU countries, including Norway, as part of reciprocal fishing agreements but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...his information but the information I have is that these Russian and Icelandic factory ships are operating inside the 200-mile territorial limit. How is the exclusion zone is being policed? The SFPA is not policing it because it does not go out that far. Is the Department depending on the Naval Service to police the area? On the Norwegian agreement, will the Minister to confirm that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: ...from any involvement in the day-to-day management, supervision and operation of the enforcement regime, which is only right and proper. Under the Act, day-to-day operations are the job of the SFPA and the Naval Service. I invite the Deputy to visit Clonakilty where the SFPA has an active capacity to monitor the movement of all ships within our 200 nautical mile zone. My information is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...waters. It is my understanding that it has negotiated for 250,000 tonnes of blue whiting and the trade-off for that works out at around 30 tonnes of cod for the Irish fishing fleet. The SFPA will claim that it is monitoring the situation but how can it monitor factory ships that are working at between 150 and 200 miles off the coast? Staff of the SFPA are sitting in an office in...