Nov 29, 2022 | Latest News, News Releases
Fishing industry representatives have welcomed a commitment from the Tánaiste that Fine Gael will take a leading role in transforming the fishing sector. The commitments were secured at a series of meetings at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis “We now have a clear sense that...
Nov 14, 2022 | Latest News, News Releases
Fishing Bodies Say EU Must Deny Norway Access To Our Blue Whiting Norway is seeking greater access to fish their annual quotas in Irish waters, while offering no reciprocal arrangement for Ireland to their own seas. Fishing representatives in Ireland are demanding...
Sep 7, 2022 | Latest News, News Releases
Fishing bodies have described as positive a meeting they held with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar earlier this week, at his office in Government buildings. The meeting was arranged by the Manus Boyle and Declan Lovett of the Dunkineely and Killybegs Branch of Fine Gael ‘’This...
Jul 4, 2022 | Fishing, Latest News, News Releases
Traditional Fish and Chips may not be on Irish Restaurants Summer Menus Rising fuel prices are crippling the Irish Seafood sector, including fishermen, aquaculture producers and fish processors. That’s according to Aodh O Donnell, chief executive of the Irish Fish...
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...
Apr 28, 2022 | News Releases
Below is an official IFPO statement about the SFPA removal of in-factory weigh permits to two Killybegs fish processors, after a recent fish catch came via Foyle Port in Derry. The grounds cited by the SFPA were “that the landing took place outside of Ireland.” The...
