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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 6 Jul 1993

Vol. 433 No. 5

Written Answers. - Fishing Licence Statistics.

Dinny McGinley

Question:

91 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Marine the size and location of all fishing boats which were granted fishing licences from 1990 to date.

The information required by the Deputy in respect of the size of those fishing vessels licensed between 1990 and 1993 is as follows:—

Size of vessels licensed between 1990-1993.

Year

Under 10m

10-20m

20-30m

30-40m

40m+

1993

7

5

2

1992

2

14

21

5

1

1991

11

21

5

1990

6

9

5

2

In regard to the second part of the question the data in respect of the location of those vessels licensed between 1990-93 is as follows:—
Location of vessels licensed between 1990-1993.

Location

1990

1991

1992

1993

Donegal

4

8

11

2

Sligo

1

Mayo

2

1

1

Galway

4

2

1

3

Clare

1

Kerry

1

14

10

2

Cork

6

5

4

4

Waterford

2

2

1

1

Wexford

2

2

5

Wicklow

2

Dublin

1

3

Louth

3

5

The information on the location of fishing vessels licensed is based on the address of the licensee of the vessels. The figures include those vessels which have been licensed to date under the Special Whitefish scheme.
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