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There is a disagreement about French vessels’ access to UK waters, and whose fault it is.
We spent a morning down in Dunmore East to hear what fishermen had to say to the Minister for the Marine.
A Seafood Sector Task Force interim report that was released last week – here’s what it says about the industry.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced a tour of ports and harbours over the next few months to hear fishers’ concerns.
It comes days after a Donegal fishing vessel was prevented from fishing in the waters around Rockall by a Marine Scotland patrol boat.
Industry groups reacted angrily to the terms of the trade agreement after they were announced last week.
Meanwhile, business groups are cautiously optimistic about the deal
Cabinet has agreed that Ireland should apply for observer status at the Arctic Council.
Although the focus has mostly been on State aid and the level-playing field, that is shifting to fisheries in the past few weeks.
Today had been the date set for both sides to reach an agreement on fisheries. But of course, more time is needed.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier lamented that no progress had been made in the fourth round of post-Brexit trade talks
The Irish government said yesterday it rejected Scotland’s warnings of “enforcement action” against Irish fishing vessels.
The jurisdiction over the 12 mile area around Rockall have long been disputed.
The move follows a decline in crawfish landings in recent years.
Minister for the Marine Michael Creed warned against concentrating the EU’s fishing fleet into Ireland’s 200-mile fishing zone.
The fisheries issue is one of the sticking points in securing a final Brexit deal.
It’s hoped the park will generate employment and investment in the disadvantaged rural Gaeltacht area.
Both Ireland and the UK claim Lough Foyle as their own – so what fishing rules will be implemented after Brexit?
The European Parliament’s fishing committee allowed a motion to pass legalising the controversial technique.
If the UK continues to lift the drawbridge on its waters, it could cause problems for Ireland.
The announcement will cause concern for Irish and other EU fishing industries.
“An aggressive alien invasive species.”
Inland Fisheries says the fund is being invested in promoting the recovery of our Atlantic salmon and sea trout stocks.
Salmon and trout were killed in Kilmallock in Limerick.
Proposals put forward by the European Commission would severely cut quotas for some of the stocks of vital importance to Irish fishing communities.
Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson says that any EU sanctions would violate international trade law.
The Minister for Agriculture has said that final negotiations on the Common Fisheries Policy are to begin soon.
The impact of sea lice in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean will affect already declining salmon stocks across Europe.
Ireland’s trade mission to China has secured 155 per cent increase on its quota for boarfish, which has been described as a “real opportunity and a boost to Irish fishermen and processors”.
The Spanish-registered fishing vessel was detained about 150 nautical miles off the coast of Co Clare this afternoon.
Simon Coveney demands a response from Bord Iascaigh Mhara over claims it is actually hampering government training courses.
Cod catches overall will have to be cut by 25 per cent in 2012 – but many other fish quotas are raised after late-night EU negotiations.
The tense annual negotiations on the next year’s fishing quotas are expected to continue into the weekend.
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Simon Coveney is looking to create the jobs over a three year period across the country’s seafood processing industry and in the Donegal region.
Fishermen are currently supposed to throw back any fish over strict quotas, even though they are perfectly edible.
Iceland enter formal accession talks but sensitive issues – particularly whale hunting – may prove divisive.
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