Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which information on the scale and amounts of inshore fishing is gathered and collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35744/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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All sea-fishing boats with an overall length of 10 meters or more are required to have onboard and complete an EU fishing logbook. The log-sheet and landing declaration for each trip must be submitted to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority within 48 hours of landing.

Only Registered and Licensed fishing vessels may sell 'first sale' fish (i.e. fish that is offered for sale for the first time following landing from any vessel). All buyers must register with on the website www.fishingnet.ie/salesnotes/. A sales note is not required from a person who buys no more than 10 kilograms of fish for private consumption in any one day but all other purchases must be recorded in this system, irrespective of the length of the fishing vessel from which the fish was purchased.

The day-to-day operation of the Logbook and Sales Notes Systems, including compliance matters, are operational matters for the SFPA and I am therefore precluded from involvement in this matter.

BIM also collects other data on the fishing fleet, including inshore fishing vessels, via its National Seafood Survey. More information on this can be found on BIM's website .

The Marine Institute publishes annual stock books with informaiton relevant to species subject to EU quotas fished both offshore and inshore and together with BIM also publishes a Shellfish Stocks and Fisheries Review that focuses on non-quota species such as lobster, crab and razor clams and the activity of the shellfish fleet.The MI publications can be found online from .