Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Fisheries Protection
11:00 pm
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Irish vessels inspected by Irish Officers at both sea and port for the years 2006 and 2007; the number that were fined; the offences they were believed to have committed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26723/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Since the establishment of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) on 1 January 2007, the provision of the information requested is a matter for that Authority, which is a statutory body independent of me and my Department.
In relation to 2006 and prior to the establishment of the Authority, the vessels detained and the infringement detected are set out below.
| Irish Vessels | |
| Details | Number |
| Inspections Ashore 2006 | 772 |
| Inspections at Sea 2006 | 927 |
| Vessels Detained 2006 | 22 |
| Infringements | Number |
| Overquota Fishing | 8 |
| Fishing in a closed Fishery | 1 |
| Underrecording Catch | 2 |
| Retaining Undersize Fish | 1 |
| Logbook infringements | 4 |
| Unlicensed & Unregistered Fishing | 4 |
| VMS not carried | 1 |
| Illegal beam trawling within 12nm of baseline | 1 |
There was 1 successful prosecution in respect of these detentions involving fines and forfeitures of €24,940.
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of non-Irish vessels inspected by Irish officers at both sea and port for the years 2006 and 2007; the number that were fined; the offences they were believed to have committed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Since the establishment of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) on 1 January 2007, the provision of the information requested is a matter for that Authority, which is a statutory body independent of me and my Department.
In relation to 2006 and prior to the establishment of the Authority, the information requested is set out below.
| Non Irish fishing vessels | |
| Details | Number |
| Inspections Ashore 2006 | 474 |
| Inspections at Sea 2006 | 970 |
| Vessels Detained 2006 | 6 |
| Infringements | Number |
| Incorrect Boarding Ladder | 1 |
| Illegal marking of buoys | 2 |
| Failing to facilitate Inspection | 1 |
| VMS not functioning | 1 |
| Undersize Mesh | 1 |
There were successful prosecutions of 2 Cases and the Fines and Forfeitures amounted to €14,100.
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