by Niall Duffy | Jun 4, 2021 | Ireland, News
The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed today’s High Court ruling which found against the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) for its failure to approve a new state-of-the-art conveyor belt fish weighing...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 16, 2020 | Europe, News
French inshore fishermen are planning a major protest to coincide with the launch party of the “Scombrus”, a pelagic factory trawler belonging to the France Pélagique company which will be christened on 25th September at the Port of Concarneau. France Pélagique is a...
by Lia ní Aodha | May 4, 2020 | Regional
On April 22nd, the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands reached a coastal states’ agreement for the monitoring, control and surveillance (MSC) of shared pelagic fisheries (mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, and herring) in the North-East Atlantic....
by Lia ní Aodha | Dec 13, 2019 | Ireland, News
The SFPA has confirmed a percentage of all catches of pelagic species landed in the State will be weighed upon landing from the start of the 2020 spring pelagic fisheries. The measure arises from the recommendations of an audit conducted by the European Commission in...
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