by Niall Duffy | Sep 30, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland
New Irish Seafood Alliance Launched Irish fishing leaders are in Brussels to seek MEP’s support on the changes needed to prevent the collapse of their industry. The leaders have formed a new alliance, the Seafood Ireland group, to collaborate on a way forward...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 30, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
KFO urges the Minister and the Commission to call out the reprehensible practices of Nordic countries The scientific advice for mackerel issued by ICES today confirms the fears of Irish pelagic fishermen. The 22% advised reduction in Total Allowable catches (TAC)...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 28, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Donegal fishing company, McBride Fishing Co. Ltd has been named Seafood Exporter of the Year at this year’s Irish Exporters Association (IEA) Export Industry Awards. The Downings based family run business is focused on year-round supply of premium live and processed...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 23, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The Irish fishing industry faced significant challenges in 2022 with decreasing revenue and profitability due to ongoing impacts from the conflict in Ukraine and Brexit, according to BIM’s Annual Fisheries Report. Based on the fishing activity of 1,318 active vessels,...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 20, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Today, the alliance of five Irish fishing producing and processing seafood organisations issued a response to the annual Business of Seafood Report recently published by BIM. In acknowledging BIM for compiling the synopsis on the performance of the seafood...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 18, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The Irish seafood economy faced a challenging year in 2023, with a 2.9% decline in GDP from 2022 to a total value of €1.2 billion, according to data in the Business of Seafood report by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) published today. The impacts from Brexit continue to...
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