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EU Tighten Screw With New Fisheries Control System Plan
The Council has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on updated rules to help prevent overfishing. The revision of the fisheries control system modernises the way fishing activities are controlled to ensure that EU vessels and those fishing in...
€28m Loss To Pelagic Sector Must Be Addressed – IFPO
The Irish Fish Producers Organisation has issued a call for urgent funding for the pelagic sector, to address the loss of €28m from Brexit’s impact. IFPO chief executive, Aodh O Donnell criticised the failure to implement pelagic measures amounting to €29m. “It’s...
Faraway Seas – From Kinsale to The Gambia!
Programme 1 | Wednesday, 7 June 2023 @ 9.35p.m. | RTÉ One The RTE documentary series Faraway Fields - The Hardest Harvest returns to our screens this June with well known Kinsale Skipper Johnny Walsh experiencing the daily grind of a West African traditional fisherman...
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Launches Annual Inshore Patrol Programme
Major focus on unlicenced & unregistered activity in 2023 The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority’s (SFPA) today, 24th May 2023, launched its annual inshore fisheries patrol programme as part of conservation measures to help protect Ireland’s valuable shellfish...
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Launches Skates and Rays of Ireland Guide 2023
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) today, 19th May 2023, launched their guide, Skates and Rays of Ireland 2023 . There are 16 species of skates and rays that are regularly caught in Irish waters, some of which can be fished commercially under quota...
IFPO Says Coastal States Abusing Mackerel Sharing
“We cannot stand idly by as Ireland’s seafood industry dies while the sector flourishes in other EU and non-EU states. The time to act is now.” At just €1.3bn, the value of the entire Irish seafood sector is lower than the consolidated turnover of just one large...
BIM Business of Seafood Report 2022 confirms further decline within fishing sector -IFPEA.
Only for inflationary price growth this would be the worst ever fishing report The recently published Business of Seafood Report 2022 by BIM confirms that the Irish Fishing industry is in further decline, it is without doubt the worst report into Irish Fishing...
McConalogue Announces Further Support For The Inshore Fisheries Sector
In a meeting with representatives of the Inshore fisheries sector today, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue announced a new round of funding under the Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme. The support scheme...
Good News Keeps On Landing For The Good Fish Co.
One of Cork’s leading seafood producers and retailers is celebrating on the double this month. The Good Fish Company recently broke ground on its next-generation processing facility at Shanbally in Cork Harbour and has now been confirmed as a finalist for the 2023...
Latest Irish seafood report starkly highlights KFO concerns
Fishermen now waiting 30 months for access to approved Brexit funding The ongoing, inordinate delay in providing compensation to fishermen impacted by Brexit is an absolute scandal which must be rectified forthwith according to Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation,...
Ireland’s Seafood Economy Worth €1.3 Billion In 2022
The value of the Irish seafood economy increased to €1.3 billion in GDP terms last year, an increase of 4% compared to 2021. This was largely driven by an increase in domestic consumption of seafood in Ireland in the foodservices sector as well higher prices, both...
West Cork Boatbuilding To Feature In New Book
A new book Hegarty’s Boatyard – Building Conor O’Brien’s Saoirse Photographs by Kevin O’Farrell is being launched on Thursday 20th April in the West Cork Hotel at 7.00 pm This book is a celebration in the form of a photographic essay on the re-building in spirit of...
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