The Taskforce report is industry’s response to successive political failures -IFPEA.
"Unless, there is a genuine political desire to drive these taskforce recommendations the entire...
ITF launch report on Atypical Worker Scheme in the Irish fishing Industry
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has launched a report on Atypical Worker Scheme in the Irish fishing Industry today The report, conducted by Maynooth University’s law department, with funding from the International Transport Workers’ Federation,...
The Taskforce report is industry’s response to successive political failures -IFPEA.
"Unless, there is a genuine political desire to drive these taskforce recommendations the entire taskforce will only ever mount to 196 pages of print on glossy paper …." The Irish Fish Processors Exporters Association has responded to the Seafood Taskforce final...
Let’s leave the battlefield and ensure a healthy mackerel stock – together!
Ahead of the Coastal States international quota negotiations starting next week, Fiskebåt the organization for the Norwegian fishing fleet, have issued the following statement statement regarding the mackerel conflict in the North-East Atlantic ...
Regional
Shetland Lives: A lifetime at sea
By: Chloe Irvine Retired skippers John Arthur Irvine and Willie Williamson have more than 100 years of fishing between them. Both played a key role in progressing Whalsay’s pelagic fishing industry to what it is today. Here they share some of their stories with Chloe...
Europe
EU Must Stop “Mackerel Free For All”
EU fishing organisations have called for immediate sanctions to be imposed to stop Norway and the Faroe Islands from their “massive overfishing” of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock Irish and EU Fishermen are especially concerned by Norway’s and the Faroes...
International
Let’s leave the battlefield and ensure a healthy mackerel stock – together!
Ahead of the Coastal States international quota negotiations starting next week, Fiskebåt the organization for the Norwegian fishing fleet, have issued the following statement statement regarding the mackerel conflict in the North-East Atlantic ...
Research
EU and Norwegian study sheds considerable light on marine migratory behaviour of salmon
Marine survival of salmon in the eastern North Atlantic has substantially declined in recent decades, yet little was known about the migratory behaviour and distribution of populations. A new genetic tagging study, just published in the international journal Fish...
Notices
Cross Table Talks are the Way Forward
As Ireland moves towards reducing CO2 emissions by 51% by 2030 and Net-Zero emissions by 2050, fishermen are finding themselves under increasing pressure from offshore wind developments. Open, honest and early discussions are crucial to learning how both industries...
Events
5th Antarctic joins Killybegs fleet
New Antarctic for McHugh Family
Safety News
Calling for Help
Frankie Horne RNLI Fishing Safety Manager Fishermen all over the UK and Ireland have an unwritten rule to help each other in times of need or distress. They tend only to call for help from others as a last resort. I am sure this will continue for years to come....
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