Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the species and estimated tonnage of fish taken from Irish waters by Spanish fishing vessels in respect of purchased quota for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37465/06]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the species and estimated tonnage of fish taken from Irish waters by Norwegian fishing vessels in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 and 334 together.

Member States, under the EU Common Fisheries Policy framework routinely exchange quotas either on a "cod equivalent" basis or as agreed between the Member States. The European Commission is notified of all such quota swaps or exchanges and adjusts Member States' quotas accordingly.

The catches of each Member State in respect of each fishery are reported according to the relevant fish stock management area and not according to Member States EEZs. However, using the scientific data on catches the Marine Institute have generated the following table of estimated landings and values attributed to the Irish EEZ for Spanish and Norwegian fishing vessels for the last five years (2001-2005). It should be noted that these landings were not exclusively made into Irish ports. Norwegian vessels landed mostly pelagic (blue whiting) and deep-water long-line species. Spanish vessels landed mostly whitefish species — hake, monkfish and megrim.