Written answers

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Fisheries Protection

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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578. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine concerning the State's response to non-Irish registered super trawlers fishing in Irish territorial waters. [13984/23]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service, are responsible for the monitoring and control of fishing vessels in our Exclusive Fisheries Zone to ensure compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea-fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the SFPA and the Naval Service.

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