Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fishing Industry. Divers harvesting shellfish
Summary
Crowley asked whether divers stripping shellfish beds would be controlled; the Minister said this was outside the question about shore-based industries.
Is the Minister aware that deep sea divers are involved in denuding the sea of shellfish and is his Department prepared to take any steps to protect this very valuable source of income?
Comment on this
I am aware that there are newspaper reports to that effect but the question addressed to me deals with an entirely different matter. The question I have been asked relates to the promotion of shellfish industries —that is, shore based industries—and it has nothing whatever to do with the spearing of shellfish by divers.