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Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced a €560,000 support package for the Irish fishing fleet segment of 22-28m vessels that targets scallop in the Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and the English Channel. Speaking on Friday (10 November), Minister McConalogue said:…
Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, has completed a €1.68 million investment, which will allow it to increase production of its popular trout products and improve efficiencies. The investment, which included a factory extension, upgrading and introducing new state-of-the-art…
An Irish parliamentary committee may summon the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) before it to explain its weighing system, reports Lorna Siggins. This follows a recent parliamentary (Oireachtas) agriculture, food and marine committee debate when Independent TD for Cork South-West…
A unique record of very large fish caught and released by anglers in Ireland over the past 60 years has just been published. The 220-page Irish Specimen Fish Atlas covers 83 various species nationwide. It was compiled by the Irish…
Windsurfers Finn Mellon and Katie McAnena have taken gold in the highly competitive national wave championships in Kerry’s Brandon Bay off Castlegregory, Co Kerry. For McAnena, it is her tenth such win, while Mellon competed against his father, Niall, to…
Kelly Oysters, a multi-award-winning seafood business based in Galway, is set to expand its sales of mussels for the domestic market following a recent investment. The €172,000 investment has been supported by BIM, with €74,844 coming from the Brexit Processing…
Following a competitive tender process launched earlier this year, O’Connor Sutton Cronin (OCSC) were appointed as the consulting engineers to undertake a range of technical assessments and prepare an options report for fish passage improvement works at Annacotty Weir on…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has recorded two rare recaptures of tagged Atlantic bluefin tuna as the angling season for these fish nears its closure on Sunday 12 November. The first recaptured bluefin was tagged and released originally by skipper Adrian…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEARA) has published an FAQ regarding the impact of zebra mussels on the public angling estate. Fears have been expressed that tens of thousands of fish could be culled after the…
Skerries RNLI rescued two men, a father and son, who had got into difficulty in the water while kitesurfing on Friday afternoon (3 November). The Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Louis Simson was launched by the volunteers in Skerries shortly before…
There is a growing feeling in the fishing industry that there is a lack of coordination between various Government Departments in developing marine, specially designated protected areas. This has been particularly highlighted by the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, which has claimed that the…
The Irish South and West Fishermen’s Fish Producers’ Organisation (IS&WFPO) has condemned the recent detention of two Irish fishing vessels by the Norwegian coastguard. IS&WFPO chief executive Patrick Murphy said that a breakdown in communications appeared to have led to…
A marine biotech company has sought High Court protection from its creditors while finalising a rescue plan. As The Irish Times reports, the application was made by Bio Marine Ingredients Ireland Ltd, a company based in Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, employing…
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has taken part in a tagging project for salmon that tracks their epic sea swim from Greenland to Europe. IFI researcher Glen Wightman represented the agency in an EU-funded programme in the east Greenland settlement of…
hileThe role of three fishermen in rescuing the crew of a ship off Kerry in 1977 after the violent death of one of their colleagues is recalled in a newly released documentary for the RTÉ Doc on One radio series.…
A rare Box Crab with over a 9-foot leg span was caught off the Irish coast by Deividas Uosis and Niall Flannery from the fishing boat Barnacle II. The giant crab was presented to Dr Kevin Flannery, a marine biologist…