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Seafood Sector Task Force Report recommends a VPCS for inshore fleet
The Seafood Sector Task Force Report has recommended a Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme for the Irish inshore fleet to remove inactive …
Decommissioning and tie-ups will not restore Irish fishing industry
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Fisheries Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD has said that the Report of the Seafood Task Force released …
Europêche stresses that Baltic Sea fishermen in troubled waters
Today, after long hours of discussion in Luxembourg, EU Fisheries Ministers reached an agreement on the catch limits for 2022 …
EU Member States express solidarity with France over UK fishing licences
The EU Council for Agriculture and Fisheries has expressed its solidarity with the French over the issuing by the UK …
Fiskebåt welcomes 70,000 tonnes capelin quota in the Barents Sea
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has today given their quota advice for capelin in the Barents Sea for 2022 …
Baltic Sea: AGRIFISH Council agrees catch limits for 2022
Today, the EU’s farming and fisheries ministers reached a political agreement on next year’s total allowable catches (TACs) and …
Results from the AGRIFISH Council meeting 11 October 2021
The results from today’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting has been announced …
Task Force Report recommends decommissioning 26% of Irish Whitefish Fleet
The Seafood Sector Task Force Report has recommended a Voluntary Permanent Cessation scheme for the whitefish …
Seafood Sector Task Force recommendations on Burden Sharing
The Seafood Sector Task Force has issued their recommendations on burden sharing in their report published today …
Minister McConalogue welcomes Report of Seafood Sector Task Force
“Navigating Change – The way forward for our Seafood Sector in the wake of the EU/UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement”
Norwegian mackerel fleet records improvement in catches for Week 40
The Norwegian mackerel fleet experienced better catches last week with 10,400 tonnes recorded, a big increase on the …
Direct Seafoods named MSC Fresh Fish Food Service Supplier Of The Year
Direct Seafoods is proud to have won the Marine Stewardship Council Award for Fresh Fish Food Service Supplier of the Year 2021
Kingston requests Garda Commissioner to investigate Serious Misconduct in MCIB
Michael Kingston has written to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris with a request for the force to investigate Serious …
Norwegian Trade Secretary points out flaws in EU position over Svalbard
“Lawyer Torben Foss criticises Norway’s determination of cod quotas for EU vessels in the Fisheries Protection Zone …
Poots launches £1.9million Fisheries Grants support scheme
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has launched a grants support scheme for local fishing businesses worth £1.9million …
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Public Consultation on the Draft National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF)
The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has announced an extension to the deadline for submissions for Public Consultation on the NMPF.
MCA Look to Enforce Fishing Safety Legislation
The Maritime and Coast Guard Agency (MCA) has announced that they will be stepping-up the monitoring of the fishing industry in the UK.
MMO has spent £1.8m on Catch Recording App
The implementation of a Catch Recording App on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation in the UK has been estimated to cost £1.8m.
Another Ideology on Catching Fish in Thorup Strand
On the north-west coast of Denmark in the Jutland region lies the fishing village of Thorup Strand. Here, they have another ideology on catching fish
Crab Conservation Measures for NI Brown Crab
Northern Ireland’s new Fisheries Minister, Edwin Poots, MLA has approved new measures to help protect the Brown Crab stock in local waters.
SFPA Urges Safe Shucking to Safeguard Scallops Sector
The SFPA issues new updated guidelines on the correct processing or shucking of scallops so as to remove or minimise risks
New Paper Shows Intensively Managed Fisheries are Recovering
A new paper released by the PNAS has shown that in ocean regions that are intensively managed, fisheries are recovering and harvest rates going down.
‘Tit Bonhomme’ Sinking – Eighth Anniversary Today
Today marks the 8th anniversary of the sinking of the fishing vessel ‘Tit Bonhomme’ on the 15 January 2012 off Union Hall in Co Cork
UK – Have your say on Marine Planning
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launched the public consultation on the draft North East, draft North West, draft South East and draft South West Marine Plans.
UK Fishermen to lose out to Financial Sector after Brexit
The self-determination Scottish fishermen sought through Brexit is gradually eroding as Westminster seeks to keep EU markets for UK financial sector
Solway Harvester Tragedy remembered twenty years on
Seven Scottish fishermen who died when their boat sank in Isle of Man waters will be remembered on the 20th anniversary of the Solway Harvester tragedy.
Go north, and swim fast – New evidence of young Irish salmon migration
The migration route taken by young salmon (smolts) leaving the east coast of Ireland has been discovered for the first time.
Demand remains high for Irish Coast Guard Services
The Irish Coast Guard’s three rescue coordination centres managed a total of 2,487 incidents over 2019 showing a slightly drop on 2018 & 2017.
Status Red – Gale Warning Issued for Storm Brendan
Status Red – Gale Warning issued for Irish coastal waters for Monday as Storm Brendan approchaed the west coast of Ireland from the Atlantic
DAFM seek to reintroduce Penalty Points on Irish Fishing Vessels
Sea-fisheries Bill (Amended) 2020 referred to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine for prelegislative scrutiny.
Study reveals Maine Flounder Induced Genetic Changes
New analysis reveals that intense fishing pressure may have induced genetic changes in Yellowtail Flounder in the Gulf of Maine to favour faster growth and earlier maturation.
BLOOM make Electric Pulse Fishing Claim
The BLOOM Association has claimed that Dutch beam trawlers using electric pulse fishing equipment are still operating illegally.
Navy Divers deployed in MFV ‘Alize’ Search
Reports this evening have conveyed that the Naval Services Diving Section (NSDS) are concentrating on an area ten nautical miles south-west of Hook Head as the search continues for missing skipper Mr William Whelan.
UK Proposed Bass Measures for 2020
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) expects the following rules will apply to the commercial bass fisheries for 2020.
Fatal Fall on board MFV Artemis Report published
An MAIB report has concluded that alcohol and a modified hatch from the wheelhouse to the deck below could have contributed to the death of the skipper on the Armetis FR809 at Kilkeel harbour.