by Niall Duffy | Jun 30, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The fishing and seafood industry has welcomed the Irish Marine Minister’s call to the EU to address the “detrimental impact of Brexit on Irish fishermen in particular.” “In particular, we welcome comments made by Minister Charlie McConalogue on the need to protect...
by Niall Duffy | Apr 24, 2023 | Ireland
“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...
by Niall Duffy | Nov 16, 2022 | News
Fishing Bodies Say EU Must Deny Norway Access To Our Blue Whiting Norway is seeking greater access to fish their annual quotas in Irish waters, while offering no reciprocal arrangement for Ireland to their own seas. Fishing representatives in Ireland are...
by Niall Duffy | Oct 28, 2022 | Ireland, News
Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, has highlighted the European Union’s failure to impose consequences on countries that set unilateral quotas for mackerel, despite several years of breaching agreements. At a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 26, 2022 | News, UK
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group In the north-east Atlantic, mackerel management is in a state of hiatus with the Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Russia having all unilaterally increased their mackerel quotas outside any...
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