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Consultation is closed
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D., held a consultation process on a review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines. The key points of this review are set out as follows:
o Option 1: No change to the status quo;
o Option 2: All sea-fishing boats excluded from pair trawling inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines;
o Option 3: All sea-fishing boats over 18m in length overall excluded from trawling inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines;
o Option 4: All sea-fishing boats over 15m in length overall excluded from trawling inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines.
This consultation is now closed.
This consultation took place without prejudice. The purpose of this consultation was to invite stakeholders and interested parties to advise the Minister of their views on any changes to policy within the scope of this review as set out above.
It is important to note that the Minister has not made any decision to change the current arrangements at this time. Submissions to this consultation will be used to inform the Minister’s review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines. No decision will be made by the Minister until after this review has been completed.
All relevant issues will be carefully evaluated before the Minister decides if any amendment to the policy is justified for the proper and effective management of waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines.
The purpose of this consultation is to gather views regarding options for restricting fishing by means of trawls inside Ireland’s six nautical mile zone and the baselines. The submissions received during this consultation will help to inform the Minister’s decision on the matter.
The Minister has commissioned up-to-date analyses from the Marine Institute (MI) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) with a view to carrying out an up-to-date analysis of this issue. These analyses can be found below.
A copy of all relevant documents are available via the links below:
Public Consultation on Trawling Activity Inside 6 Nautical Mile Zone
Public Consultation on Trawling Activity Inside 6 Nautical Mile Zone - Executive Summary
Fisheries inside Ireland’s 6nm zone – Marine Institute Scientific Report
Economic assessment of fishing activity within Ireland’s 6nm zone – Bord Iascaigh Mhara Economic Report
The Public Consultation closed at 13:00 on 12/04/2024.
All submissions and comments submitted to the Department for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007- 2014. Submissions are also subject to Data Protection legislation.
Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission, and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is collecting this information for the Consultation on a review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines. This data will be processed in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR EU 2016/679), the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018, the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the DPER Consultation Principles and Guidance. Any additional personal data received as part of your submission will not be processed, shared, or retained and will be destroyed upon receipt. Publication to the Departments website of personal data associated with submissions will only take place where permission is received to do this. Further information on Data Protection can be found on our website https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/ef9f6-data-protection/
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