A huge mid-year increase in the Irish Sea sole TAC is unlikely to be of much use to UK fishermen, coming late in the season and as yet unallocated PO chiefs have suggested. The current UK Irish sea sole quota,…
An NGO that has been trying for months to orchestrate a consumer boycott of scampi, and then attempted to get supermarkets to de-list scampi products, finally managed a mention on the BBC last week, with ITN expected to follow, after…
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.…
Loss of access to Irish 6-12 zone ignored Northern Ireland says that Westminster has ‘plundered’ its fishing industry in the share-out of extra post-Brexit quota among the four UK administrations announced last week – as it feared would happen, reports…
Ireland’s Marine Institute and AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) in Northern Ireland are offering the fishing industry a financial reward to report the capture of tagged cod in the Irish Sea, reports Pauric Gallagher. Cod are being tagged in the…
Pilot project set to benefit mussel industry in Ireland and Wales. Above: Benen Dallaghan (GIS Officer BIM), mussel fisherman Hugh Doyle and Shelagh Malham (Bangor University) at the launch of a €1.4m pilot project that will bring together scientific research in…
The Irish Sea prawn fishery is showing encouraging present and future signs. Above: The Kilkeel inshore prawn trawlers Jack the Lad and Children’s Hope in Eyemouth last month. Following above-average fishing on the traditional prawn grounds on the western side of…
