Sep 5, 2024 | Latest News, News Articles
The Irish fishing industry is down more than €37m in landings, a huge drop. All sectors of the industry from the big pelagic boats to the smallest inshore boats are united in opinion – the industry is in its worst crisis ever and the Government is not doing enough to...
Aug 4, 2024 | Latest News, News Articles
This is a particularly important committee on which to have representation, because it will be dealing with the review and planned reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. How did this happen? At a particularly difficult time for the national fishing industry, with very...
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 4, 2024 | Latest News, News Articles
Irish fishing representatives and E.U. advisory councils are seeking to tie Norway’s access to the E.U. market – which buys around 70 percent of Norway’s farmed salmon annually – to negotiations over fishery quotas, arguing that the Norwegian seafood industry should...
Jun 13, 2024 | News Releases
Five Irish fishing producing and processing seafood organisations have come together to demand change at national and EU level. They have issued a joint statement following a full day’s collaboration in Dublin. ‘Our objective is to work together on raising...