Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 April 2025
598. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how often a census is undertaken of the Irish fishing fleet; and to provide a breakdown of the current fleet, by boat size. [15254/25]
View answerIn accordance with section 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, the Register of Sea Fishing Boats is maintained by the Registrar General for Sea Fishing Boats and is publicly available online at: gov.ie - Sea Fisheries Administration (www.gov.ie). The register is updated every two weeks. In addition, the EU Commission publishes annual fleet reports including Ireland which are also available online at: https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/fisheries/rules/fishing-fleet-capacities_en.
These reports typically identify the number of vessels in a variety of lengths similar to the information sought by the Deputy.
Please see below breakdown by size of the vessels registered as of 26th March 2025. These figures can vary from day to day.
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Equal to or less than 6m |
622 |
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Greater than 6m and less than or equal to 10m |
859 |
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Greater than 10m and less than or equal to 15m |
282 |
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Greater than 15m and less than or equal to 24m |
76 |
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Greater than 24m |
97 |
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Total Registered vessels as of 26/03/2025 |
1936 |
