Irish fishermen have united in a general election campaign to highlight key issues facing the sector. The campaign urges voters in the Irish general election ‘to support coastal communities and safeguard our greatest national resource – our fish!’. The general…
The new Seafood Ireland group travelled to Brussels last week to seek support from MEPs, following confirmation in two reports of a sharp decline in Irish landings. Noting that landings by Irish vessels fell by a ‘staggering’ €37m last year…
The Irish seafood economy faced a ‘challenging’ year in 2023, with a 2.9% decline in its GDP from 2022 to a total value of €1.3bn, according to data in the Business of Seafood report from Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). This…
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…
A new campaign to highlight issues affecting the Irish fishing industry in the run-up to the local and European elections has been launched in Donegal. The #Fight4Fishing campaign was launched at a hustings in Killybegs to hear the views of…
“I do enjoy watching a customer go away happy,” Kilkeel-based boatbuilder Gerry Smyth (pictured above, left, with Will Treneer, co-owner of the 14.95m Inter Nos PZ 46 – built by G Smyth Boats) told Fishing News. “I’ve always said that…
The case of the Irish fisherman who discovered serious stability issues with a Dutch-built trawler and was left with debts of €1m was presented to an Irish parliamentary committee late last month. The Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the…
Newly released documents have shed fresh light on discussions between the Scottish and Irish governments on the issue of fisheries access around Rockall – but an Irish industry leader has taken issue with reports that Scotland made serious efforts to…
The views of Ireland’s south coast fishing industry and coastal residents are being sought as part of a statutory public consultation on offshore wind energy developments. Ireland’s Department of Environment, Climate and Communications says that the initial proposed geographical area…
Failure to address ‘key issues’ means report has ‘significant data gaps’ Two Irish fishing industry organisations have said that a recent ecological analysis of the western Irish Sea for MPA designation ‘should not be used’ for informing offshore renewable planning.…
