Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will advise the witnesses to do one thing. I am no expert on fishing so I will not claim to be something I am not, but I followed the nature restoration law. At the end of next month, it will be voted on in Brussels. I know that the proposal on marine areas has been watered down a bit, but if what they are proposing on land is anything to go by, even watered down, it would be detrimental if the likes of the fishermen were to suffer the same consequences. I therefore advise them to be fairly watchful of that. We are even getting parts of it now when we get legal advice.

Any MEP who votes for it next week will be a traitor to this country, in my opinion. There are even parts of it now that will show that on designated areas, farmers will be forced to rewet. It can be seen if one goes through all the different parts of it. Everybody was talking about Article 9 for fishing, marine and for land, but Articles 41 and 42 and part of Article 56 are going to catch everything. That is on legal advice we have got. I would advise the witnesses to watch out for that.

On the other thing, the witnesses talked about bluefin, is it?