A €28m Capital Investment Package for the development of Ireland’s fishery harbour centres and local authority-owned small harbours networks was announced last week by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, reports Pauric Gallagher. The six fishery harbour…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Felucca SO 108 LOA: 53.06m Built: Karstensens Shipyard Skagen Denmark 1995 Type: Midwater trawler Home port: Killybegs Co Donegal We’ll be back next week with our…
The final instalment of our Killybegs port profile SNG supplies wide range of demersal/midwater/static fishing gear and safety equipment The well-known Killybegs company, Swan Net-Gundry (SNG) continues to meet high levels of demand from demersal, pelagic and inshore skippers for…
Continuing our look at Killybegs port, with a picture portrait of this busy harbour Atlantic Challenge prepares to come alongside Killybegs’ new pier at dawn on a quiet morning. Fiona K II heads out in fresh conditions. Polyvalent trawlers berthed in…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Olgarry SO 591 LOA: 51.2m Built: A & L Hoekman, BV Urk, Holland…
KILLYBEGS LEADS THE WAY IN IRELAND Its location in one of Europe’s outstanding natural harbours, adjacent to major fishing grounds in the North Atlantic, means that Killybegs is synonymous with the fishing industry. David Linkie reports. Generations of continual re-investment…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Colmcille G 186 LOA: 27.35m Built: Vestværftet ApS Hvide Sande…
Each week we’ll be bringing you our pick of Boat of the Week taken from Fishing News. Every image has been photographed by editor David Linkie while at sea. Name: Westward Isle G 185 LOA: 27.35m Built: Vestværftet ApS Hvide…
Following the report published last week by the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which examined the underuse of Ireland’s six Fishery Harbour Centres, Thomas Pringle, Independent TD for Donegal South West has called on Minister Simon Coveney to refocus investment…
