A ludicrous situation arose last year when the South and West Fishermen's Organisation forced the closure of the fishing grounds off the south east coast. The Department confirmed to me that the recommendation came from that organisation. The worst consequence was that the south and east coast fishermen had to land their catch at Cobh and not at their home port of Dunmore. This was crazy given that they had caught their herring legally in an open area and it put a large and unnecessary burden on them. I suggest that, in future, there should not be a total closure of any fishery. That has never worked in the past but limited and controlled fishing is the answer. If a fishery is closed there is no supply and markets are lost, perhaps never to be regained.