As I mentioned recently, I was in the fisheries Department in 1982 when most of the piers and harbours had fallen into the sea. There was no pier in Dingle, in Rossaveal, in Clare. The piers and harbours we had were built under famine relief schemes and had not been funded by any Governments for 20 or 30 years. The history is there for anyone who wants to read it. There was a small, inshore fleet operating on a shoestring, depending mainly on mackerel and herring, both of which species were under threat. What happened when we joined the EEC? There was a transformation. Protection was given, including the Irish Box and the 12 mile limit around the coast, which enabled our fleet to consolidate, develop and prosper. The catch in 2000, the last year for which I have numbers, had a value of nearly €200 million compared to a catch worth less than £5 million in 1972.