by Niall Duffy | Jul 6, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Patrick Murphy, CEO of the IS&WFPO, reflects on the current state of the Irish fishing industry How lucky we Irish people are to have such rich marine resources on our doorstep. These are resources that, as in Norway, could provide Billions of Euros in revenue to...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 13, 2023 | News
The European Commission must take measures to ensure fishing vessels using gill nets always land with their gear, rather than leaving it at sea, biologist Dr Kevin Flannery has said. Legislation on this issue must be backed up by enforcement to reduce the negative...
by Niall Duffy | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
Take up of offers could fall below 50% Vessel owners around the coast have today received letters of offers under the Brexit Fleet Decommissioning Scheme. 57 offers to decommission were made under the €75 million scheme which aimed to take 8,000 GT and 21,000 KW of...
by Niall Duffy | Jan 10, 2023 | Ireland, News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today met fishing industry representatives in the Marine Institute in Galway and discussed the negotiations ongoing this week, between the EU and Norway, on a fisheries agreement and also used the opportunity to...
by Niall Duffy | Dec 9, 2022 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
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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