Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box will be lost if the quota is not fulfilled in the period specified in 2013. [48561/13]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box is not fulfilled before 27 December 2013 he will allow a period in January 2014 for the quota to be fulfilled. [48562/13]

Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sentinel herring quota for small vessels in the Dunmore box is not fulfilled in 2013, that it will not be reduced in 2014. [48563/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 to 154, inclusive, together.

The position in relation to the management of all fisheries, both pelagic and whitefish, is that the quota is managed on a single year basis and under fishing by any group of vessels is not carried forward to the following year for that group. For all stocks, any carry over from 2013, which can be up to 10 % in the case of Celtic Sea Herring, will be added to the national adjusted quota for 2014. Under current policy, the Celtic Sea Herring sentinel fishery will receive up to 11% of the adjusted quota, each year.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the situation whereby Dutch factory vessels in Irish waters remain at sea for an entire year with half the mackerel quota that Irish vessels have, while Irish vessels may remain at sea for only half a year, due to lack of quota. [48565/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Each Member States fishing opportunities are set down for each year in the annual EU Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and quotas Regulation. Quotas are based on share allocations which were established when EU management arrangements, in terms of TACs and quotas, were put in place for the first time for the particular stock. It is a matter for each Member State to determine how its fishing opportunities are made available to its fleet. It is the responsibility of the control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service in Ireland to control the activities of fishing vessels in Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone (200 mile zone). Operational issues in relation to sea fisheries control are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA).