Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The 2006 report's expectation has not been realised because the number of fish returning from the Atlantic has been reduced due to predation, global warming and other factors. The report anticipated when the driftnet ban was enacted that there would be a surplus but this has not been realised. I will ask officials from IFI to give the Senator their more professional assessment of the situation. I accept the report is ten years old. While I would like to see wild salmon on the menus of all our restaurants-----