Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 February 2021
252. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocation or financial benefit accruing to the Irish fishing industry from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Greenland and a new protocol that will strengthen fisheries co-operation for the next four years with the possibility of a two-year extension. [6134/21]
View answerEarlier this month, agreement was reached between the EU and Greenland on a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
This agreement covers the same species that are provided for in the current protocol, namely Cod, Redfish, Greenland Halibut, Northern Prawn, Capelin and Grenadier. Ireland does not have fishing opportunities for the species under the current protocol.
Mackerel has also been included in the agreement at a 0 TAC level. The protocol provides that any quota of Mackerel transferred by Greenland in the future will be dependent on Greenland signing the Coastal States Sharing Arrangement on the management of mackerel with the EU.
In the event of any additional fishing opportunities becoming available under the renewed Protocol, I have asked my officials to ensure that they are pursued.
