Win XTRATUF Boots For You And Your Crew.
Giveaway Time! The Skipper has teamed up with our friends at XTRATUF to give away eight pairs of...
Kingfisher launches fishing restrictions mapping website
New online service helps fishermen navigate commercial fishing gear restrictions in UK waters The Kingfisher team at Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, have launched a new Fishing Restrictions mapping service fishermen. This free service...
Cuan Beo publish major 1 year report on the value of the sea in South East Galway Bay
Cuan Beo, a community based coastal organisation working in South East Galway Bay, have published a major 1-year report ‘An Economic Assessment of the Marine Resources of the South-East Galway Bay Catchment’. This report, the first of its kind, notes the value...
“Cold Ironing Project” in Killybegs, eliminating 2,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., visited Killybegs today to view the “Cold Ironing Project” in Killybegs Harbour. Cold ironing, a shipping term that first came into use when all ships had coal-fired engines, describes the...
Regional
G Smyth Boats Launches Two New MAXUS Catamarans
Kilkeel Harbour was a hive of activity recently as G Smyth Boats has a double launch of new Maxus catamarans for UK customers. The 14mtr and 12mtr Catamarans Olivienna and Lily James were built during Covid lockdown and easing of restrictions enabled their new owners...
Europe
UL Sport – The Perfect Venue for 2022
Irish Skipper Expo 2022 will be held in the exciting new venue of the UL Sport in Limerick.
International
Kingfisher launches fishing restrictions mapping website
New online service helps fishermen navigate commercial fishing gear restrictions in UK waters The Kingfisher team at Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, have launched a new Fishing Restrictions mapping service fishermen. This free service...
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...
Events
UL Sport – The Perfect Venue for 2022
Irish Skipper Expo 2022 will be held in the exciting new venue of the UL Sport in Limerick.
Safety News
RNLI Fishing Safety
RNLI Fishing Safety During the summer of 2021 RNLI Fishing Safety were able to start working on the coast again, all be it in a less than normal way. However, it was good to be out working with the Fishing Industry again. We have been assisting with Seafish mandatory...
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