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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Brown crab fishery management
Summary
Deputy Ferris warned that the brown crab fishery was being overfished without a management plan and asked if one would be brought forward. The Minister said he would have to arrange a reply.
I have asked previously about a management plan for the brown crab fishery. There is no management plan there. It is being exploited at present and overfished, and it will be a disaster if something is not done about it. I am asking the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, and the Government whether they intend to bring forward a management plan for that inshore fishery.
Comment on this
I will have to organise a reply for the Deputy.