John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the situation regarding cockle dredging in Waterford Estuary, particularly in the areas of Woodstown and Passage East; if her attention has been drawn to the considerable local concern that cockle stocks are being depleted to an unsustainable level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8943/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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S.I No. 753 of 2007, Cockle (Fisheries management and Conservation) (Waterford Estuary) Regulations 2007, signed by me on the 12th November 2007 closed the fishery to which the Deputy refers.

Environmental concerns including stock biomass will be taken into account when considering re-opening this fishery.