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€28m Loss To Pelagic Sector Must Be Addressed – IFPO

€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!

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...

IFPO Says Coastal States Abusing Mackerel Sharing

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...

Good News Keeps On Landing For The Good Fish Co.

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

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,...

West Cork Boatbuilding To Feature In New Book

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...