Fishing Industry
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-14
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Timmy Dooley (FF), Clare

As the Deputy will know, a review of the Common Fisheries Policy has been initiated. That may lead to changes in time. The issue of Norway's unilateral grab of quota certainly has to be prosecuted outside of the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MAREm and the discussions around fish quotas. It is often raised with me by those within the sector that, where mackerel is used as a feedstock for the production of fishmeal, it finds its way back into the European market through tariff-free salmon from Norway. That is anathema to how we should be managing our resources. Wider discussions will have to take place across various different directorates. I know colleagues are discussing this issue at Government level. We need to come forward with a whole-of-government response rather than a response from the silo of fisheries alone.

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