by Niall Duffy | Jul 23, 2021 | Ireland, News
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has launched a Talent Integration Programme, Elevate, aimed at helping seafood businesses attract, develop and retain talent. At the core of the new programme is the principle that people are an...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 16, 2021 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Fast-Tracking Gear Development with Side-scan Sonar Dr Ronán Cosgrove, Fisheries Conservation Manager, BIM The need to reduce impacts of bottom trawling on the seabed is a key fisheries environmental challenge. Drivers include a suite of international agreements and...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 14, 2021 | Ireland, News
Five up and coming young chefs, aged between 21 and 24, have been successfully awarded places on BIM’s Taste the Atlantic Ambassador Programme, an exciting initiative created by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in partnership with Chef Network to drive awareness of the provenance...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 13, 2021 | Ireland, News
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, John Brady TD, and spokesperson on Fisheries and the Marine, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD, have accused the government of “waving the white flag” on Britain’s ownership of Rockall and the fishing grounds around it. They were...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 10, 2021 | Ireland, News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has accepted a business case from Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) for the development of a new Sea Survival Training Unit at BIM’s National Fisheries Training College in Greencastle, Co Donegal. The...
by Niall Duffy | Jul 7, 2021 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The construction of new wind turbines in EU seas can have severe negative impact on marine life and fisheries, according to an EU report asking for measures to safeguard fishers’ livelihood. The report stresses that fishermen and stakeholders must have a “fair...
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