Features
An occasional series of featured articles that explore in more detail stories, views and insights concerning the everyday realities of fishing, and people who fish.
Thinking Ireland’s Marine Planning Framework through a COVID-19 lens
by Dr Ruth Brennan, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, School of Histories and Humanities, TCD During these unprecedented times, we are being forced to reflect on the values that are needed to underpin the kind of society we want to live in, and the...
By Right Little Oyster the World Should be Yours…
"like the native oyster, the farmed oyster is not without his own human challenges. However, it is our politics, not our overindulging appetites that he suffers." By Alec Reid, Oyster Farmer, Donegal This article tells the story of a few remarkable oysters doing some...
Irish Vessel Owners on Ireland’s COVID-19 Tie-up Scheme
"It forces us into a race to the bottom" By Lia ní Aodha Judging by the responses from Irish vessel owners to a survey conducted by The Skipper in May about the COVID-19 tie-up scheme for the Irish fleet that, after much heel-dragging from the Department, was...
EU: Women in Fisheries and the new Control Regulation
Women in small-scale fisheries will play a key role in implementing the new EU Fisheries Control system – why is nobody asking them what they think? By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The new Fisheries Control Regulation currently before the European Parliament’s PECH Committee...
Pandemic leaves Irish aquaculture facing unprecedented disruption
"There has to be a different way of thinking about how we put something together that deals with this current crisis. It's temporary, it's going to be relatively short-lived in the scheme of things. So it has to be quick and easily accessible and it has to apply to...
Women in fisheries fly their flags in Brussels
"The studies must be flawed", they said. "Why are they not seeing all the women in fisheries?" By Dr Ruth Brennan, TCD The end of February saw the relaunch of the AKTEA European Network of Women in Fisheries during a three day event in Brussels, co-organised by AKTEA...
Women of the RNLI
Though the stereotypical image one might have when they imagine an RNLI crew out on a shout may well be a particularly male image, for generations women have launched lifeboats, hauled people out of the water and fundraised millions for the charity that works to save...
The Fishermen and the Seals
The mainstream narrative surrounding seals, fishing and fishermen in Ireland (and further) reminds me of a scene from The Islands and the Whales—the film that looks at Grindadráp, the annual pilot whale hunt carried out by the Faroese—when international ‘visitors’ Pamela Anderson and Sea Shepherd hold a meeting with members of the Faroese community, and tell them that rather than eat whales they should become vegetarian.
Croí na Farraige
In his book, Soil and Soul, the Scottish writer, academic and activist Alastair McIntosh writes:
“I do not argue for going back to the past, but I will be suggesting that the past should be carried forward to inform the future. In this way, fresh light can be shed on the story of modern times and wisdom harnessed to knowledge.”
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