I reject the claim that in the negotiations for Irish membership of the EEC 30 years ago, the fishing industry was neglected and failed to receive due recognition. The reality is that without the EU we would not have a developed fishing industry. I challenge those who claim we have allowed the Spaniards, the French and others to devastate our natural resources. The Spaniards did not do anything to the Irish salmon industry. That industry was poached and overfished by our own people, not the French, the British or anybody else. Irish fishermen damaged the salmon industry and left it in its current devastated state. The Spanish or French fishermen did not damage the herring fishery. The Irish fishermen overfished it on a continuous basis. The damage done to fisheries did not come about because of enlargement of the Community. It came about because of bad management, overfishing and, in the case of salmon fishing, pollution.