Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the quota allocation for herring that was made to each sea fishery boat in the north west fishing fleet in 2005, under the European Union Common Fisheries Policy rules. [7733/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of north-west herring quota, ICES areas VIaN and VIaS, is distributed to eligible vessels with the required licensing entitlements in accordance with long-established ratios that are related to both vessel length and fleet category. This fishery takes place in both the spring and the autumn and a portion of the available national quota is allocated, normally on a fortnightly basis, to each season.

During 2005, there were a number of separate allocations for each season, which were made on the basis of vessel owners indicating in advance an intention to participate in the fishery for a given period. The applicable procedure is that at the end of each allocation period, quota uptake is assessed for that period and further allocations are then made in respect of the updated quota availability in accordance with the established ratios. The aggregate allocations made in 2005 to the various participant vessels in the north-west herring fishery are outlined in the following table.