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Ireland commences EUR 80 million fleet-decommissioning scheme
An EUR 80 million (USD 79.8 million million) scheme to retire a third of the Irish fishing fleet won’t have the effect of preserving fish stocks and needs to be accompanied by a plan to make the sector “greener and more innovative,” according to the Irish Fish...
Decommissioning Irish Fishing Fleet Will Not Preserve Fish Stocks
Plans which will cut the Irish whitefish fleet by over 30% will not preserve fish stocks in Irish waters. That’s according to the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, who say European vessels will fish these stocks in our waters instead. The IFPO are responding to the...
Angry fishermen claim they have been ‘sunk’ by Brexit quotas
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...
Traditional Fish and Chips may not be on local summer menus, warns local marine resource chief
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...
Seafood Sector Warns of Food Security Threat
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...
Accelerating inflation taking heavy toll on Irish fishing industry
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...
Rising cost of fuel adds to pressure on fishing industry
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...
Irish fishery associations accuse Republic of Ireland of ‘shocking’ breach of Northern Ireland Protocol and Good Friday Agreement
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...
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority accused of breaching NI Protocol
Fish processors have accused the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) of being in breach of the Northern Ireland Protocol, following the latest development in the ongoing row over the weighing of pelagic fish in Killybegs. Two fish processing companies in the...