by Niall Duffy | Jan 14, 2024 | News, UK
Calamity has struck some of the most sustainable fishing skippers in the south west of England with an announcement by the government slashing quota for pollack, one of the mainstays of the smaller scale fleet for 2024, effectively forcing some to consider having to...
by Niall Duffy | Jan 14, 2024 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Minister for Marine Charlie McConalogue did not avail of an offer by Denmark to resolve a long-running row with Ireland over mackerel which could have been worth almost 10 million euro to the Irish fleet over two years. The offer in a letter from Danish Minister for...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 21, 2023 | Ireland, News
Ireland will not stand idly by as EU negotiate a Norway type deal with Iceland while destroying the Irish fishing industry Iceland is seeking access to fish in Irish waters, in a new deal being negotiated with Europe. Irish fishing industry representative bodies are...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 13, 2023 | Ireland, News
Statement from NIFA/NIFO regarding the December Fisheries Council. With regard to the outcome of the recent December Council. It would have been difficult to envisage the dire situation facing inshore fishermen currently could worsen but it did so culminating in the...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 12, 2023 | Ireland, News
The CEO of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Seán O’Donoghue has given a guarded welcome to the Fisheries Council talks which have concluded in Brussels this morning (Tuesday). Mr O’Donoghue said he was pleased that the talks had regained some of their raison...
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