Minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue has announced approval for a scheme that will provide €45m in funding for capital investment projects by Irish seafood processing enterprises. The scheme is based on a recommendation of the Seafood…
The announcement by foreign secretary Liz Truss that the government is proposing a new law that would amend the Northern Ireland Protocol has been greeted with concern by Seafood Scotland, which is warning that this has the potential to tip…
The prospect of a resolution to the pelagic weighing row that has dogged this year’s blue whiting fishery west of Ireland was set back last week by the news that the maiden catch of the new Lauren D 95 had…
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…
