Jul 24, 2022 | Latest News, News Articles
A deal struck over Brexit has only worsened life for Irish fishermen, who fear things are about to get even worse. Inside the biggest harbour in Ireland, at Killybegs in Co Donegal, skipper Michael Callaghan’s 50-metre fishing boat is tied up and going nowhere. Read...
Jul 7, 2022 | Latest News, News Articles
Rising fuel prices are crippling the Irish Seafood sector, including fishermen, aquaculture producers and fish processors. That’s according to Galway-based Enda Conneely of the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (IIMRO ), who says the crisis is a threat to...
Jul 4, 2022 | Latest News, News Articles
The last time west Cork fisherman Damien Turner filled the fuel tank on his 24m (79ft) seiner Róise Catríona in Castletownbere his bill went into five figures. “I’ve been fishing more than 30 years and I’ve had this boat for 20 years, but I’ve never seen anything like...
Jul 3, 2022 | Latest News, News Articles
The fishing industry is facing a perfect storm of circumstances that must be addressed urgently by the Government to avoid permanent damage to the sector, according to representative groups. Fishing organisations are due to meet with Minister for the Marine Charlie...
Jun 9, 2022 | News Articles, News Releases
Irish Fish Producers have called for a fairer share of the rights to fish in the waters of our 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). “Other nations catch about €250m worth of fish a year in our waters – almost twice as much as the Irish fleet catches,” says...
May 9, 2022 | Latest News, News Articles
The Republic’s Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has committed a “shocking breach” of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Good Friday Agreement, according to the southern based Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association. Two fish processing companies in...
