The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tony Killeen TD, today visited Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre to officially open the 120 metre length of new quay at Dinish Island which has been operational since October 2008. The new quay allows for larger vessels carrying deeper draft and will accommodate the [...]
BALACLAVA-wearing poachers have been thwarted from a brazen attempt to clean out the most famous salmon pool in Ireland. The gang had hauled in 15 salmon after netting the Ridge Pool in Ballina when they were disturbed by fishery board officers. After being challenged, the poachers abandoned the bulging net and its contents. As of [...]
A gift of smoked Irish salmon is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate your appreciation for the support of your clients and customers and demonstrates a real commitment to indigenous Irish companies and the local jobs they create. The Irish Salmon Growers Association is encouraging businesses to choose Smoked Irish Salmon, when selecting the perfect gift [...]
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tony Killeen TD, has welcomed the conclusions of the fisheries consultations between the Faroe Islands, Norway and the European Community on the management of mackerel in the North-East Atlantic for 2009. These negotiations, attended by Ireland, were conducted over two days, October 30th-31st [...]
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, John Browne TD, today announced a Development Programme for Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Projects throughout the country worth over €23m. Funding is being allocated to projects that have been identified as priorities by both the Local Authorities and the Department's Engineering Division. Significant [...]
Sales of Irish seafood top €800 million Published: 18 January, 2008 Jason Whooley AN Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, today issued its end-of-year statement of review for the Irish seafood industry, which shows that, despite another challenging year, 2007 saw demand increase for quality Irish seafood, with estimated total sales worth €803 [...]
Irish Ministers have resisted EU pressure to introduce potentially damaging new fishing nets into Irish waters, and have secured new protection for deep water coral reefs. At the recent Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Mary Coughlan and Minister of State John Browne were involved in intensive negotiations. They dissuaded [...]
Irish farming.ie commended the Irish ministers this week for their succesful negotiations on fish quotas in Brussels.Having listened to the fishing representatives welcoming the fact that they got some 95% of what they were looking for, it is indeed a huge achievement at talks that have traditionally brought bad news to the industry just before [...]
The Irish government is investing EUR 5.2 million in marine functional food research under its Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006-2013 (SSTI) and the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM). The new multidisciplinary Marine Functional Food Research Initiative (MFFRI), involving five universities on both sides of the Irish border, will be coordinated by the Irish [...]
IRELAND has been given the green light to go ahead with a €66m plan to scrap fishing boats in a bid to remove one third of the Irish whitefish fleet. The EU Commission yesterday approved the restructuring programme which will be paid for by the Irish Government. Under the scheme around 120 trawler owners are [...]
