by Niall Duffy | Jul 7, 2025 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Cracks in the Hull: Industry Voices Frustration Over SFPA in Oireachtas Hearing IN AN EXTRAORDINARY and, at times, emotional sitting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Fisheries and the Marine on July 1st, 2025, the voices of Ireland’s fishing industry laid bare...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 25, 2025 | Featured Article, International, Ireland, News
Ireland’s mackerel industry faces crisis as Norway continues to overfish, warns the Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO). Chief executive Aodh O Donnell welcomed Marine Minister Timmy Dooley’s tough stance on the issue at the EU’s Agri Fish Council meeting...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 13, 2025 | Featured Article, Ireland
The Seafood Ireland Alliance (SIA) is calling for urgent action to introduce a new, science-based management plan for sprat fishing. The group warns that an outright ban could hurt fishing communities without delivering real conservation benefits. The SIA has...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 12, 2025 | Featured Article, Ireland
Ireland’s main fishing ports continue to support jobs, businesses, and rural communities but face growing challenges. This is according to new reports published by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency. The reports,...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 11, 2025 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Sinn Féin Fisheries and Seafood Survey highlights systemic crisis in the Irish fishing and seafood industry – Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD and Conor D. McGuinness TD Sinn Féin spokesperson on Fisheries and the Marine, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD, and Chair of...
by Niall Duffy | May 30, 2025 | Featured Article, Ireland, News, Safety
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a national sea fishing inspection campaign on Tuesday 3rd June aimed at raising awareness of the hazards faced in the industry and the importance of managing safety and health before leaving port and while at sea....
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