
Fishermen Demand Immediate Access To Approved Brexit Fund
KFO say millions will be returned if Ireland doesn’t follow Danish lead A European fund...

Unity And Resilience On Show At Irish Skipper Expo 2023
A very successful Irish Skipper Expo 2023 took place at U.L Limerick in late February as the dark clouds of Decommissioning, Fuel Prices, MPAs, Wind Farms and Quota cuts continued to loom over the industry Despite the ongoing challenges, a large attendance and...

New Irish Navy Vessels Handed Over In New Zealand
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue represented the Irish Government at a Ceremonial Handover Event for two Inshore Patrol Vessels today at the Navy Base in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. The ships were purchased from the New Zealand...

Shetland Seafood In Grave Danger From Highly Protected Marine Areas
Shetland’s vital seafood industries will be crippled by the introduction of strict new conservation zones where all fishing and aquaculture activity is set to be banned, with hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds of income lost. That is the stark warning made to...
Regional

Shetland Seafood In Grave Danger From Highly Protected Marine Areas
Shetland’s vital seafood industries will be crippled by the introduction of strict new conservation zones where all fishing and aquaculture activity is set to be banned, with hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds of income lost. That is the stark warning made to...
Europe

Parkol Marine Engineering – Premium Boat Builders
Visitors to this year’s Aberdeen Skipper Expo will have chance to meet North Yorkshire based boat builders Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd. Anyone wishing to have a friendly chat with the boat-building experts will receive a warm welcome at the Parkol’s stand. Parkol...
International

EAPO-NPWG Announce Position On Pelagic Fishing Opportunities For 2023
EU pelagic industry position paper on fishing opportunities and Coastal States negotiations for pelagic stocks for 2023 Coastal States / Northeast Atlantic mackerel Total Allowable Catch (TAC) The EU pelagic industry wants to follow the ICES advice of -2% (786 066...
Research

MSD Animal Health Launches New Fisheries Platform to Support Sustainable Fisheries
As the saying goes, ‘counting fish is like counting trees, except they are invisible, they keep moving and they eat each other.’ Despite this every year scientists must perform essential stock assessments on different species of fish in order to attempt to estimate...
Notices

Job Vacancy – Director of the Irish Coast Guard
The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), a Division of the Department of Transport, and has responsibility for critical incidents response to maritime emergencies and the Director of IRCG has a key role in ensuring effective and efficient service delivery on behalf of the...
Events

Parkol Marine Engineering – Premium Boat Builders
Visitors to this year’s Aberdeen Skipper Expo will have chance to meet North Yorkshire based boat builders Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd. Anyone wishing to have a friendly chat with the boat-building experts will receive a warm welcome at the Parkol’s stand. Parkol...
Safety News

Marine Notice No. 51 of 2022: “Checking hydrostatic release and remote activation function of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB’s) ”,
Marine Notice No. 51 of 2022 Notice to all Shipowners, Fishing Vessel Owners, Shipmasters, Skippers, Fishers, and Seafarers It has come to the attention of the Irish Maritime Administration that the associated bracket for the hydrostatic release and remote activation...
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