Does the Minister of State know what the proposals are in regard to the 50 mile box? Will it apply to the whole of our coast or just part of it? It has been suggested to me that foreign boats should have to stay west of the 8o longitude line. If the entire fishery is opened up, particularly to the Spaniards – who seem to be the villains of the piece – then we can forget about conservation. There does not seem to be a word equivalent to "conservation" in the Spanish dictionary. Our waters could be fished out within a year, in the same way the waters around Morocco and Mauritania and other parts of North Africa were. As they cannot fish in the North Sea or the English Channel, where else are they to go other than to Irish waters? Even if we do open up our waters – I urge the Minister of State to resist this suggestion – will they be properly policed and patrolled? While there have been assurances that they will be, the past would suggest otherwise. Any promise of change will not be believed because every fisherman will recount the current abuses.