English: Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I want to talk about mapping the Welsh seas. I'm pleased to have an opportunity to present this debate. I'm grateful to Sam Kurtz and Joyce Watson for showing an interest in the topic, and I'm more than happy to give a little of my time for them to contribute before we hear the Minister's response. One isn't selected from the hat very often to present a short debate, but when your name is pulled from the hat, it's a wonderful opportunity, but it's also quite a headache. We deal with so many issues that are important to our constituents or regions, so how can you choose a subject that will have the greatest impact? But the subject I've chosen today is a follow-up to a short debate that I presented back on 11 July 2018, because that debate did have an impact. It did lead to action from Government and, Minister, my expectations are very high this time too. With the Government having delivered last time, I fully expect you to deliver again this time. Now, at that point, I was making the case for making Bangor University's research ship, the Prince Madog, which is located in Menai Bridge in my constituency, a national marine research vessel for Wales. This valuable resource faced an uncertain future. We were facing its loss, in fact, and I wanted to see it saved, not because it and its predecessor, the original Prince Madog, were of sentimental importance to me who was brought up on the banks of the Menai, but because it was too important to be lost - supporting jobs locally, an important research tool for Wales, an important tool to attract students to study oceanography at Bangor University, in that department in Menai Bridge that is so widely respected internationally. I'm pleased that the Minister at the time understood what was at stake then. The First Minister also understood it; I remember talking to him about the issue, and the Government came to the table and found a way forward to support research using the Prince Madog. We succeeded in giving new life to the vessel, but now we need to build on that. And I will be making a case today that a national programme to map Welsh seas could be a central part of that. I do think that this can be a strategic project of significant national benefit that the Government should lead.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd, a dwi am siarad am fapio moroedd Cymru. Dwi'n falch o gael y cyfle i gyflwyno'r ddadl. Dwi'n ddiolchgar i Sam Kurtz a Joyce Watson am ddangos diddordeb yn y pwnc, a dwi'n hapus iawn i allu rhoi ychydig o amser iddyn nhw gyfrannu cyn i ni glywed ymateb y Gweinidog. Dydy rhywun ddim yn cael ei ddewis yn aml iawn o'r het i gael cyflwyno dadl fer, ond pan mae'ch enw chi yn cael ei dynnu mae o'n gyfle gwych, ond yn dipyn o gur pen hefyd. Rydyn ni'n delio efo cymaint o faterion sy'n bwysig i'n hetholaethau ni neu'n rhanbarthau ni, sut mae dewis pwnc sy'n gallu cael yr impact mwyaf? Ond mae'r pwnc dwi wedi ei ddewis heddiw yn ddilyniant o ddadl fer y gwnes i ei chyflwyno nôl ar 11 Gorffennaf 2018, a hynny oherwydd bod y ddadl honno wedi cael impact. Mi arweiniodd at weithredu gan y Llywodraeth a, Weinidog, mae fy nisgwyliadau i yn uchel iawn y tro yma hefyd. Efo'r Llywodraeth wedi delifro'r tro diwethaf, dwi'n llawn ddisgwyl y byddwch chi'n delifro'r tro yma hefyd. Rŵan, cyflwyno'r achos wnes i bryd hynny dros wneud llong ymchwil Prifysgol Bangor, y Prince Madog, sydd wedi ei lleoli ym Mhorthaethwy yn fy etholaeth i, yn llong ymchwil forol genedlaethol i Gymru. Mi roedd yr adnodd gwerthfawr yma yn wynebu dyfodol ansicr. Mi roeddem ni'n wynebu ei cholli hi, a finnau eisiau ei hachub hi nid am fod ganddi hi a'i rhagflaenydd, y Prince Madog gwreiddiol, bwysigrwydd sentimental i fi a gafodd fy magu ar lannau'r Fenai, ond oherwydd ei bod hi yn rhy bwysig i'w cholli - yn cynnal swyddi yn lleol, yn arf ymchwil pwysig i Gymru, yn arf pwysig i ddenu myfyrwyr i astudio eigioneg ym Mhrifysgol Bangor, yn yr adran honno ym Mhorthaethwy sydd mor uchel ei pharch yn rhyngwladol. Roeddwn i'n falch bod y Gweinidog ar y pryd wedi deall beth oedd yn y fantol bryd hynny. Mi roedd y Prif Weinidog wedi deall hefyd; dwi'n cofio sgwrsio efo yntau, ac mi ddaeth y Llywodraeth at y bwrdd a ffeindio ffordd ymlaen i gefnogi ymchwil yn defnyddio'r Prince Madog. Mi lwyddon ni i roi bywyd newydd i'r llong, ond rŵan mae eisiau adeiladu ar hynny. Ac mi fyddaf i'n dadlau heddiw y byddai rhaglen genedlaethol i fapio moroedd Cymru yn gallu bod yn rhan ganolog o hynny. Dwi'n meddwl y gall hwn fod yn brosiect strategol o fudd cenedlaethol sylweddol y dylai'r Llywodraeth fod am ei arwain.