Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 October 2011
151 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the degree to which conservation measures already adopted in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy or otherwise have improved fish stocks in traditional Irish fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28100/11]
View answerAs part of Ireland's obligations under the Common Fisheries Policy, the Marine Institute collects data on the status of quota stocks in Irish waters. This data contributes to the ICES advice to the European Commission and is intended to inform the Commission's proposals for total allowable catch of quota species each year. The ICES advice to the Commission is specific to individual species and ICES areas. The ICES advice is published.
The Marine Institute also publishes annually its ‘stock books' for demersal and pelagic fisheries and for shellfish. The stock books are the principal annual publication of the Marine Institute's Fisheries Science Services and provide the latest impartial scientific advice of the Institute on commercially exploited fish stocks in Ireland. The stock books include analysis of the status of fish stocks, including the impact of existing or proposed conservation or management measures. The Stock books are available on the Marine Institute web site www.marine.ie.
