Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 July 2021
216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if handline mackerel caught inside an EU country’s baseline is not included in that country’s quota for that species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36671/21]
View answerThe Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union covers the conservation of marine biological resources and the management of fisheries and fleets exploiting such resources. Fisheries are managed by the setting of a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for particular stocks in Union waters. Union waters are those waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States of the EU. Quotas are those proportions of the TAC allocated to a Member State. Consequently, all fish in Union waters wherever they are, managed under a TAC, are allocated to Member States as quota and are part of the totality of quotas in the EU. This includes Mackerel, regardless of catching method.
