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‘Losing my fishing boat is like losing a limb, or my identity’
Caitlín Uí Aodha's family has fished since before the Famine. She lost her husband in the Tit Bonhomme disaster and returned to the sea herself. Now, she has decommissioned her fishing boat. Neil Michael reports. Caitlín Uí Aodha doesn’t cry easily but tears aren’t...
IFPO says Coastal States Abusing Mackerel Sharing
Coastal States Abusing Mackerel Sharing At just €1.3bn, the value of the entire Irish seafood sector is lower than the consolidated turnover of just one large Dutch seafood business at €1.4bn. That’s according to the chief executive of the Irish Fish Producers...
Fishing Industry Making Gains in Europe, Killybegs Meeting Hears.
The voice of the Irish fishing and seafood industry is now being heard in Europe, which is starting to deliver positive gains at home. That was the key message emerging from a special meeting in Killybegs this week, which was addressed by Fine Gael MEP, Colm Markey....
Norway ‘secure more out of fishing deal than Ireland’
The EU has given Norway permission to catch four times more blue whiting in Irish waters than Irish fishermen and women are allowed. Under the deal, Norwegian fishers can catch 224,000 metric tonnes of blue whiting in Irish waters this year — an increase of 110,000...
Fishing Industry Cautious on Nor-EU Deal
Fishing Industry Cautious on Nor-EU Deal Norway’s gains under their latest EU deal allows them to catch 4.5 times our blue whiting quota in our own EEZ. That’s according to Irish fishing industry leaders who welcome Norway’s exclusion from the Irish Box but say...
Marine Minister Welcomes 89% Increase in Irish Blue Whiting Fishery
89% Increase in Irish Blue Whiting Fishery Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue welcomed the conclusion on Monday (20 March) of prolonged negotiations between the European Union and Norway, resulting in a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2023. And for Ireland, the...
57 offers, 20 accepted thus far for Ireland’s fleet-decommissioning scheme
Ireland’s fleet-decommissioning scheme for whitefish vessels has thus far made offers to 57 vessel-owners and has received acceptances from 20. A spokesperson for fisheries and aquaculture state agency Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), which is overseeing the scheme, said...
Norway Fisheries State Secretary Vidar Ulriksen snaps back against complaints of Irish organizations
Brexit appears to have added to tensions in the busy fishing waters in the west Atlantic, with tempers rising in talks between the European Union and Norway and a rise in enforcement actions by Irish authorities against British vessels. Data provided to SeafoodSource...
Trawlers scrapped over quotas ‘end a lifetime of fishing’
Trawlers scrapped over quotas 'end a lifetime of fishing' Work on scrapping a number of Irish fishing vessels is under way in an effort to rebalance fish quotas following post-Brexit agreements. In the aftermath of Brexit trade agreements, Ireland's share of fish...
“Thrown under the bus” – After perceived slights, Ireland taking harder line against EU
“Thrown under the bus” – After perceived slights, Ireland taking harder line against EU Ireland is taking a harder line on E.U. vessels entering its waters, with the Irish navy recently detaining a Spanish trawler, the Pesorsa Dos, for fishing offenses in Irish...
20 Offers Under Government’s Whitefish Vessel Scrappage Scheme Being Appealed
20 Offers Under Government's Whitefish Vessel Scrappage Scheme Being Appealed. A total of 13 fishing vessel owners have accepted decommissioning offers to date under the Government’s whitefish scrappage scheme. Figures released by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) confirm...
‘Truculent Norwegians Must Be Stopped’ Say Irish Fishing Chiefs.
'Truculent Norwegians Must Be Stopped' Say Irish Fishing Chiefs. Ireland is facing into the worst year in its fish processing history; it is better to have no deal than to have a bad deal, according to the country’s major fish producer organisations as...
Fisheries Bodies in Norway Talks
Fisheries Bodies in Norway Talks Highland Radio The Irish fishing industry has united to call for a fair deal for Ireland. Aodh O Donnell, chief executive of the Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) says fishing industry representatives have worked closely...
Irish Fishing Industry Unites in Call for Fair Deal
As EU-Norway fisheries talks enter a fifth round, the Irish fishing industry has united to call for a fair deal for Ireland. Aodh O Donnell, chief executive of the Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) says fishing industry representatives have worked closely...
EU and Norway return to talks but Irish adamant on Blue Whiting access.
Negotiations between the EU and Norway will resume tomorrow, Thursday 09 February, as both sides seek to hammer out a fisheries agreement for 2023. Round 5 of the talks between the two will be held over Thursday and Friday with Danish fishing representatives’ hopeful...
Norway Holding EU Quota Fishing Deals to Ransom
Irish fishing representatives have accused Norway of stalling EU quota talks, because they failed to secure privileged access to blue whiting in Ireland’s EEZ (European Economic Zone) waters. “Norway has a track record of overfishing blue whiting and mackerel ,” says...
Norway Holding EU Fishing Deals to Ransom says IFPO Chief
Irish fishing representatives have accused Norway of stalling EU quota talks because they failed to secure privileged access to blue whiting in Ireland’s EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) waters. “Norway has a track record of overfishing blue whiting and mackerel,” says...
Aodh Ó Domhnaill Príomhfheidhmeannach Chumann Táirgeoirí Éisc na hÉireann
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Dismayed Reaction To Whitefish Scrappage Application Offers
There has been a disappointed reaction from a number of fishing vessel owners to terms offered under the Government's latest whitefish decommissioning scheme. "We haven’t surveyed members yet as this is anecdotal, but we are hearing of dismay and disappointment,”...
Donegal Representatives to the Fore in Fishery Talks
Irish fishing industry representatives have held what they described as a ‘positive’ meeting with the EU Fisheries Commission in Brussels. In a joint statement issued after the meeting yesterday afternoon, the Irish delegation said they feel there has been “a...