Fishermen Win Appeal Over 6 Mile Trawling Ban
Fishermen Win Appeal Over 6 Mile Trawling Ban The Court of Appeal has ruled that the policy...
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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
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’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
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International
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
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
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
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Safety News
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...
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