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Ireland’s First Maritime Area Consents For Offshore Wind Energy Projects Granted
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD, today issued Maritime Area Consents (MACs) to the first phase of seven offshore renewable energy projects, in what represents a significant milestone in the delivery of offshore wind in...
McConalogue Welcomes Agreement On Full Year Fish Quotas For 2023
Quotas for Spur dog and North West Herring a welcome development for fishing communities Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, T.D., welcomed the agreement between the EU and UK on fishing opportunities for shared fish stocks for...
28 Tonnes Of Irish Lobster V-notched And Released in 2022
More than 40,000 lobsters were v-notched in 2022, weighing almost 28 tonnes – the highest recorded since legislation began in 1995 to protect lobsters with such marks. V-notching is a conservation tool carried out by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) trained Regional...
Fishing Reps Welcome Commitment on Blue Whiting
Irish fishing industry Reps have welcomed a commitment from the Minister for the Marine to protect access to Ireland’s rich Blue Whiting fishing grounds. Fishing representatives had lobbied extensively in recent weeks against EU discussions to grant Norway – a non-EU...
Irish MPA Bill Gets Government Approval
Ireland announces major boost in marine environmental protection to coincide with COP15 Area of Irish waters and seafloor allocated for biodiversity conservation now tripled and 10% area target on track for mid-2023 New Marine Protected Areas legislation will...
KFO – “Council Negotiations Futile In Shadow Of EU/UK Talks”
Absence of Danish resolution on critical mackerel stock compounds fishermen’s misery The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has described the outcome of the annual meeting of the Council of Fisheries Ministers as another very unsatisfactory chapter. The issue...
December Council Sees Rollover Of Quotas Till UK & Norway Deals Finalised
Temporary roll-over of the existing fishing opportunities for the first three months with a 25% ratio to the TAC levels of this year Following two days of negotiations, EU ministers agreed on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean and...
2022 December Fisheries Council opens In Brussels
The first day of the 2022 Agrifish Council is ongoing in Brussels As is the case each year in December, Agriculture and Fisheries ministers have met to reach a political agreement on fishing rights for 2023 in EU and non-EU waters, in the Atlantic, North Sea,...
Pringle Slams Minister For Refusing Fuel Supports To Fishermen
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has slammed the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for failing to support fishermen with fuel subsidies. Deputy Pringle said: “The minister’s excuse is that fuel for fishing vessels is exempt from tax, so...
More Hope Of Spotting A White Whale Than A Fuel Subsidy Scheme For The Fishing Sector!
The failure of Government to introduce a fuel subsidy scheme for the Irish fishing fleet, 9 months after the EU gave the go-ahead for such initiatives, has been described as an egregious dereliction of responsibility, by the Independent TD for Cork South-West, Michael...
No More Sell-Outs On Irish Fishing Rights
Sinn Féin MEP for Midlands North West, Chris MacManus, and spokesperson on Fisheries, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD, have both demanded that the Minister for the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, resists moves by the Norwegian government and their fishing industry to gain...
Fisheries Council Has Become A Festive Sideshow
Handcuffed negotiators unlikely to resolve key fisheries issues In what is shaping up to be a repeat of last year’s festive charade, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has expressed its serious misgivings ahead of the annual meeting of the Council of...
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