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29 FMC Some Statistics Approx 300 vessels active per day in Irish waters Approx 200 fishing vessels registered in Ireland Approx 100 tuna vessels in Summertime Approx 800 different foreign vessels operate in Irish waters Irish port traffic accounts for over 90% of imports and exports moved in and out of Ireland. The Irish commercial fishing industry is worth about €1.2 billion annually to the Irish economy. Irish industry employs approx. 16,000 people in the fishing industry. OIC FMC Lt Cdr Claire Murphy, OIC FMC is responsible under legislation for the efficient management of FMC. Her role possesses significant responsibility regarding the Service Level Agreement between the SFPA / DOD / NS and AC and must ensure that the FMC provides a satisfactory service provision to NS Command and NS ships in the areas of Regulations & Legislation, Data Management, Operations, Training & Standards and External Liaison. Lt Cdr Murphy ensures that the FMC and NS fulfil their Service Level Agreement requirements and advises NS Command of any issues regarding the SLA obligations. 2ic FMC Lt (N.S.) Gillian Power is the 2iC FMC. Her role ensures all Fishery Protection priorities are met at sea as well as co- ordinating the Air Corp weekly flight schedule. Part of her role is to provide a pre-patrol brief to NS ships sea fisheries protection officers. When a ship completes a sailing order, the 2iC will receive a post-patrol brief from NS ships, which is fed back into the risk analysis and intelligence section. 2iC FMC ensures that all fishery protection activity within Irish waters is effectively monitored through remote, surface and aerial means, ensuring that correct VMS, AIS and ERS is being transmitted from relevant fishing vessels. The 2iC participates in fortnightly European Fishery Control Agency meetings with Other member states for the sharing of fishery information. Another vital role of 2iC FMC, is to ensure we are completing the Port State Control (PSC) process timely and accurately for 3rd country landings into Ireland and IRL fishing vessels landing outside the EU. This role has seen a 700% increase since BREXIT. Risk Analysis Section Lt Stephen Ryan, OIC Risk Analysis Section is responsible for the monitoring, surveillance and analysis of all IE, EU & 3rd country fishing vessels that are operating in the waters of the Irish 200 nautical mile EEZ in addition to all Irish vessels globally. The Risk Analysis Section is responsible for monitoring all fishing vessels operating in the waters of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Confederation (NEAFC) adjacent to Irish waters. Ly Ryan must ensure all INT received is assessed and incorporated into weekly risk lists and coordinating risk lists with OIC FMC and the SFPA. OIC Risk Analysis Section monitors entry and exit to any maritime area where specific rules on access or control apply within the IE EEZ & NEAFC. On a daily basis, analysis of ERS reports from IE, EU and 3rd Country vessels operating in IE EEZ is conducted and from IE vessels wherever they may be. Information is passed to command in order to conduct risk-based inspections at sea. Top 4 Threats To Fishery Resources 1. Under-recording of TAC quota species by foreign FVs – Leading to mis-recording when inspected. Large numbers of FVs all year (EU Reg 404/2011 Art 47(2). 2. High Grading of pelagic species – Seasonal by significant numbers of FVs (EU Reg 227/2013 Art 19a). 3. Mis-recording of quotas by Irish FVs with regards to certain species. 4. Other activities such as undersized mesh size, operating in prohibited areas and unauthorised landings. OIC Data Base Section S/LT Jonathan Connolly is the OIC of the Data Base Section. As the database manager he utilises the Fishery Protection System (FPS) known as Lirguard to correlate, traffic and store the significant volume of data which passes through FMC daily. The FPS consists of three core systems that are used to ensure all data is stored and communicated, as necessary. These are: FIS (Fishery Information System) The FIS application captures, stores, maintains and reports v A boarding team from P31 LÉ Aisling board a fishing vessel in March 2014 v Fishery Protection Activity

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