Ireland News
New financial support for the UK’s fishing businesses that export to the EU
Government announces funding of up to £23 million to support businesses most adversely affected by the COVID pandemic and the challenges of adjusting to new export requirements. Seafood exporters across the UK will receive government funding of up to £23 million, to...
“Desperately Poor” Brexit fisheries deal says SFF Chief
Letter from SFF chief executive to Prime Minister SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald has today written to the Prime Minister voicing the industry's anger over the mounting financial losses faced by vessels on top of the "desperately poor" Brexit fisheries deal....
Designate More Irish Landing Ports For N.I Boats
Donegal priest Fr John Joe Duffy, C.C. calls for designation of more Irish Ports, a dedicated junior fisheries minister and reform of the Department of the Marine. Draft New regulations imposed by the Irish Department of Marine and the Government has...
Ireland’s Quota Loss after Brexit Deal increases to €43 Million
The Dept of the Marine has released a preliminary analysis of the transfer of quota shares from Ireland/EU to the UK under the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement. The new analysis estimates the total loss to Ireland's fishermen at €43 Million which is a large increase...
Irish Fishermen Withdraw Legal Action Over Access To UK Waters
A group of Irish fishermen have withdrawn their threatened legal action against the Dept of the Marine over being excluded from a list of 140 Irish vessels authorised to fish in UK waters since 01/01/2021. The fishermen received confirmation this evening that their...
EU report projects resilience of fishing fleet during COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet projects that in 2020, the EU fleet remained profitable overall, despite the effects of COVID-19 on the fleet and fish markets. More sustainable fishing and lower fuel costs have helped to mitigate the...
2020 Busy Year For Irish Coast Guard
In an end of year commentary, the Coast Guard has highlighted, that despite the impact of Covid-19, 2020 has proven to be a relatively busy year. Overall, the Coast Guard coordinated 2643 incidents in comparison with 2490 incidents in 2019. Activity over February,...
UK “Now A Coastal State With One Hand Tied Behind Our Back!”
Statement from Scottish Fishermen's Federation Brexit deal falls ‘far short of commitments and promises’ Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, said: “This deal falls very far short of the commitments and promises that were made...
IS&WFPO Reacts to Brexit Deal
EU must use same yardstick as it did with UK Zone to rebalance quota in Irish Waters! Patrick Murphy, CEO of the IS&WFPO has given his members reaction to the EU-UK Post Brexit deal announced on Christmas eve. In a statement released to The Skipper he said; The...
Details of Brexit Deal Fishery Agreement and TAC,s 2021-2026
The details of the recent Brexit Trade Deal agreement in relation to fisheries has been released. FISHERIES AGREEMENT TEXT 2021-2026 TAC EU-UK SHARE [pdf-embedder...
Statement from Scottish Fishermen’s Federation On Brexit negotiations
Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, said: "Amid all the rumours and speculation, we have been clear from the outset that the industry only seeks the same sorts of arrangements that the EU has with other coastal states – full...
Full list of Provisional 2021 EU Total Allowable Catches In The Atlantic And North Sea
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