Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 October 2003
Fishery Policy: Statements.
On the question of conservation, the preservation of stocks and the calculation of quotas, I would like to see proper and reasonably accurate fish counters brought into our rivers. I am aware that has been introduced in relation to the Foyle at quite a modest cost of approximately €30,000. If one of these were provided in the Suir estuary, for instance, we would establish fairly accurate data on the numbers of fish going up-river to spawn. We could then set realistic quotas for the following year which, on the basis of the evidence would be more likely to be accepted by the fishermen and as a result a reasonable number of fish would survive.
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