Mar 1, 2024 | News Articles
Ireland has a lot of maritime territory, 880,000 square kilometres stretching out 200 nautical miles from the shoreline, ten times the size of the island we live on. Sounds a lot, but there’s intense spatial marine pressure growing on areas close to shore where wind...
Feb 8, 2024 | Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
Read on The Irish Sun Here >> IRISH fishermen are up in arms over secret EU talks to give Iceland access to our fishing waters. Our trawlermen are being allocated an extra 15 million Blue Whiting quota this year on condition that Icelandic crews can fish here....
Jan 23, 2024 | Common Fisheries Policy, Fisheries Management Notices, Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
Ireland must show teeth at EU-Iceland talks and demand reciprocal deal, says Irish Fish Producers Organisation The Irish government must seriously “up its game” at the European Union talks on Iceland’s bid to access Irish fishing waters, insist Irish fishing leaders,...
Dec 22, 2023 | Latest News, News Articles
A non-EU country may soon be allowed to fish in waters just miles away from UK shores thanks to the European Union, sparking fury among fishermen closer to home. Fishing officials in Ireland are worried that they have not been consulted on the negotiations, which...
Dec 22, 2023 | Common Fisheries Policy, Fishing, Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
The EU is set to finalise a deal with Iceland to allow access to waters just miles away from the UK. Irish fishing officials have expressed their concern that negotiations are underway and may be near finalisation without their input or adequate consultation. Despite...
Dec 20, 2023 | Common Fisheries Policy, Fishing, Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
Fishing Industry Shocked to Discover EU Talks for Iceland to Fish Irish Waters at Advanced Stage – Just One Week after EU Fisheries Council Meeting The Irish fishing industry is calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue to put...