153 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the recent research in the International Journal Science that concluded that by 2050 there will be virtually no global fish stocks left, that stocks have already collapsed in around one-third of sea fisheries and that the decline is rapidly increasing across the globe, the measures he will undertake to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish stocks here; the proposals the Government has suggested at EU level to combat declining fish-stocks; if he will introduce a sea fisheries sustainability impact assessment based on consultation with all major stakeholders and which would be brought before Dáil Éireann on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/06]

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153 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to the recent research in the International Journal Science that concluded that by 2050 there will be virtually no global fish stocks left, that stocks have already collapsed in around one-third of sea fisheries and that the decline is rapidly increasing across the globe, the measures he will undertake to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish stocks here; the proposals the Government has suggested at EU level to combat declining fish-stocks; if he will introduce a sea fisheries sustainability impact assessment based on consultation with all major stakeholders and which would be brought before Dáil Éireann on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/06]

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