asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he is aware that the French seaweed industry is proposing to introduce giant kelp along the coast of Brittany and that, if this effort is successful, it will be a danger to Irish fishing and shipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ceisteanna——Questions. Oral Answers. - Giant Kelp Danger.
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I am so aware. The fisheries improvement committee of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, on which my Department are represented, are setting up a special working committee of experts to look into this matter. I am at present considering the question of this country's representation on the working committee.