The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., today met by teleconference all the main representative groups for fishing, representing both the off-shore fleet and the inshore fleet and processors.
The French port of Lorient Keroman remains opened and boats are being encouraged to go fishing despite the impact COVID-19 is having on markets.
The Marine Accident Investigation Board (MAIB) has released its findings into the loss of the fishing vessel ‘Coelleira’ OB 93 on the west coast of the Shetland Islands
Taking back control of fisheries became one of the totemic issues uniting supporters of the campaign for the UK to leave the EU.
The European Commission has announced plans to revise state aid caps in order to those hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
A joint fishing sector/government action group has been formed in the UK to work on urgent measures to support the fishing industry through the coronavirus emergency.
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