Martin Kenny
Ceist:177. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea fishermen; and the number of Irish-registered sea fishing boats in tabular form. [52430/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 7 December 2017
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The Seafood industry supports the economic viability of many coastal communities, directly generating or supporting approximately 11,000 jobs. This includes full and part time/casual employment in the fisheries, aquaculture, seafood processing and ancillary services sectors as provided by BIM and set out below.
|
- |
Full time |
Part time |
Total |
|
Total Fisheries |
3924 |
1060 |
4984 |
|
aquaculture |
693 |
1023 |
1716 |
|
processing |
2200 |
660 |
2860 |
|
ancillary |
1440 |
||
|
Total |
6817 |
2743 |
11,000 |
From: http://www.bim.ie/media/bim/content/publications/BIM,Strategy,2013-2017.pdf.
Under the Cod Effort Management scheme, there are 107 vessels with track record authorised to fish in ICES area 7a (Irish Sea), under Council Regulation (EC) No. 1342/2008 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/2094 of 23 November 2016. This Department does not issue authorisations for under 10m vessels which may also fish in the Irish Sea. A further 20 vessels have been authorised to fish in the Irish sea under the New Entrants Scheme using Gill nets or nephrops fishing gear.