by Niall Duffy | Dec 17, 2020 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has today welcomed the agreement reached at the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers in Brussels overnight to set quotas for fish stocks for the first three months of 2021. The Minister...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 15, 2020 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
June 2021 is the date set for the hearing of an appeal by Minister McConalogue to the High Court ruling that the 6 mile trawling ban introduced by the Minister was invalid. In October, High Court Justice, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath ruled that the ban, introduced by...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 14, 2020 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
This month Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is inviting all fishing vessel operators under 10 metres to complete its annual National Seafood Survey. More than 1,500 vessels in Ireland fall under the 10-metre size category according to...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 11, 2020 | Ireland, News
The sustainable practices of the Irish aquaculture industry will form the focus of a Euronews documentary being broadcast later this month. Richard Donnelly, Salmon and Shellfish Manager, BIM and John Harrington, Kush Shellfish were interviewed as part of the...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 10, 2020 | Ireland, News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., hosted a meeting of the National Inshore Fisheries Forum (NIFF) online with representatives from the industry dialling in from around the coast. The inshore sector has faced a...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 7, 2020 | Ireland, News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. today welcomed a provisional agreement concluded between the European Council and European Parliament on the text of the new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which will...
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