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Unity And Resilience On Show At Irish Skipper Expo 2023

Unity And Resilience On Show At Irish Skipper Expo 2023

A very successful Irish Skipper Expo 2023 took place at U.L Limerick in late February as the dark clouds of Decommissioning, Fuel Prices, MPAs, Wind Farms and Quota cuts continued to loom over the industry Despite the ongoing challenges, a large attendance and...

New Irish Navy Vessels Handed Over In New Zealand

New Irish Navy Vessels Handed Over In New Zealand

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue represented the Irish Government at a Ceremonial Handover Event for two Inshore Patrol Vessels today at the Navy Base in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. The ships were purchased from the New Zealand...

Regional

Shetland Seafood  In Grave Danger From Highly Protected Marine Areas 

Shetland Seafood In Grave Danger From Highly Protected Marine Areas 

Shetland’s vital seafood industries will be crippled by the introduction of strict new conservation zones where all fishing and aquaculture activity is set to be banned, with hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds of income lost.   That is the stark warning made to...

Europe

International

Small-Scale Fishing Gets Its Day In Parliament

Small-Scale Fishing Gets Its Day In Parliament

This week the European Parliament in Strasbourg will vote on a motion for a resolution on small-scale fisheries, with LIFE Platform, representing European small-scale fishermen, calling for a differentiated approach to small and large scale fisheries. LIFE Platform...

Research

Net Zero And The Needs Of The Fishing Fleet

Net Zero And The Needs Of The Fishing Fleet

Clean energy company SSE Renewables operates a number of existing wind farms across the UK and Ireland, with plans for significant expansion over the next decade including an Irish pipeline of up to 5GW. After extensive dialogue with the parts of the fishing industry...

Notices

Job Vacancy – Assistant Secretary Maritime Policy

Job Vacancy – Assistant Secretary Maritime Policy

Ireland’s marine footprint extends to more than ten times its land mass and the marine sector plays a central role in Ireland’s economic and social development.  An opportunity now exists for a talented individual to play the lead role in designing and driving...

Events

Safety News

Be Rigged and Ready.

Be Rigged and Ready.

BIM in partnership with the RNLI, welcomed 35 fishermen to Man Overboard sessions in the Errigal Training Centre, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal recently. The sessions are designed to provide fishermen with the experience of falling into cold sea conditions, wearing full...

Irish Skipper Expo

24 & 25 February 2023

Scottish Skipper Expo

12 & 13 May 2023

English Skipper Expo

to be confirmed