Jul 10, 2024 | Latest News, News Articles
AODH O DONNELL, CEO of the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation offers an Irish perspective on the recent UK-Norway-Faroe mackerel deal The UK’s Trilateral deal with Norway and the Faroe Islands is raising concerns in Ireland about overfishing of mackerel in the North...
Jul 1, 2024 | Common Fisheries Policy, Fishing, Fishing Quotas, News Articles
Journalist Lorna Siggins writing for Afloat.ie: Newly elected Irish MEPs have defended their decision not to prioritise representation on the European Parliament’s fisheries committee, which will be handling key issues including the review of the Common...
Jun 26, 2024 | Common Fisheries Policy, Fishing, Video/Audio
Five major fishing organisations have banded together in a bid to engage with the European Commission, including the Killybegs Fisherman’s Organisation and the IFPO. The goal is to see a streamlined approach to achieve fishing goals for Ireland. The Sinn Fein marine...
Jun 25, 2024 | Latest News, News Articles
FISH producers from West Cork are linking up with processing and production organisations nationwide as part of new drive to influence national and EU fishing policy. Five fish producing and processing seafood organisations are demanding change at national and EU...
Jun 24, 2024 | Fishing, Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Releases
Irish fishing leaders have warned that a new trilateral deal between the UK, Norway and the Faroe Islands will lead to overfishing of Ireland’s fish stocks. The three-year deal gives the two Nordic non-EU states permission to catch 154,000 metric tonnes of mackerel...
