A group of academics writing in the science journal Nature Communications, analysing 8,768,000 fishing vessel trips and 5,800 transhipment operations worldwide recorded by the UK-based NGO Global Fishing Watch, have concluded that the UK and Ireland are the most likely…
A report published by Ireland’s Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) says that the Irish seafood economy grew to a record value of €1.26bn in 2021, reports Paul Scott. In its annual Business of Seafood Report, BIM says that despite the dual…
The blue whiting fishery west of Ireland was thrown into turmoil at the end of March when the Danish vessel Ruth, attempting to land her catch for human consumption to Killybegs processor Sean Ward Fish Exports on 31 March, was…
The Marine Casualty Investigation Branch (MCIB) has released its report into the fatal incident involving the vessel Mirror of Justice in Teelin Bay, Co Donegal on 26 August, 2020. The report says that just after 7.30pm that day, James Byrne,…
A scheme designed to provide financial support to Ireland’s inshore fishing fleet has opened for applications. Under the short-term scheme, administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), grant aid of between €2,700 and €4,000 is available to vessel owners on completion…
A €35m scheme to rejuvenate local authority public piers and harbours has been announced by the Irish government. The scheme will initially focus on ‘shovel-ready’ projects which aim to give immediate construction stimulus to coastal communities. Ireland’s minister for agriculture,…
Marine biologist Declan Quigley has said it is ‘conceivable’ that some of the 67 coconuts recorded in Irish waters over the past half-century could have drifted from tropical areas across the Atlantic, reports Lorna Siggins. Commenting on the recent discovery…
Minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue has announced a support scheme to help Irish inshore fishing businesses adjust to the impacts of Brexit. The Brexit Inshore Fisheries Business Model Adjustment Scheme delivers on a recommendation in the…
Businesses exporting fishery and aquaculture products for human consumption to the EU and Northern Ireland will have to comply with new export regulations from this weekend. New export health certificates (EHCs) are now required alongside products to confirm that certain…
Researchers from Ireland and Iceland believe that they have detected four genetically distinct clusters of Nephrops. Nephrops norvegicus are distributed through the North East Atlantic, from the coast of North Africa to southern Iceland, northern Norway and Skagerrak and, in…
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