by Niall Duffy | Mar 15, 2023 | News, UK
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...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 13, 2023 | News
The European Commission must take measures to ensure fishing vessels using gill nets always land with their gear, rather than leaving it at sea, biologist Dr Kevin Flannery has said. Legislation on this issue must be backed up by enforcement to reduce the negative...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 10, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Fishermen Win Appeal Over 6 Mile Trawling Ban The Court of Appeal has ruled that the policy directive introducing a ban on trawling inside the 6nm limit is invalid and of no legal effect The judgement follows from an appeal taken by Tom Kennedy and Neil Minihane...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 2, 2023 | News, Research
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...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 1, 2023 | News
Land in Shetland, a joint campaign by Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Islands Council to encourage more skippers to land their catches in the isles’ fish markets, has launched the first in a series of promotional videos along with a dedicated website. At this time...
by Niall Duffy | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
KFO say millions will be returned if Ireland doesn’t follow Danish lead A European fund established to compensate Irish fishermen adversely impacted by the permanent loss of quota due to Brexit, has yet to be distributed to the most affected sector some 17 months...
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