Next Monday’s EU level fisheries negotiations will be a litmus test of the Irish Government’s commitment to ending overfishing, writes Fintan Kelly If you have an interest in the ongoing saga around overfishing in Europe, then this is the time of year when the hammer strikes the anvil. Throughout November Read more…
August 15th, 2018 A group of skilled international divers will arrive in Ireland next month to clear ghost fishing gear threatening marine life along Ireland’s coast. Arriving in September, a team of six volunteer divers from the Ghost Fishing Foundation and the Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine (GRD) will be Read more…
July 10th, 2018 Inland Fisheries Ireland has issued an appeal to anglers to stop fishing for salmon as the hot weather and drought conditions are putting additional strain on marine life. The appeal, announced last Thursday, was followed by Irish Water’s expansion of the hosepipe ban from the Greater Dublin Read more…
May 24th, 2018 The Dail opened debate yesterday on a Fianna Fail motion which seeks to overhaul the current penalty points system for fishermen who engage in unregulated, unreported, or illegal fishing. The motion, brought by Donegal Deputy Pat Gallagher, seeks to overrule the recently introduced Statutory Instrument (SI) to Read more…
January 15th, 2017 An NGO alliance has called on the European Commission to withdraw all proposals in support of electric fishing as MEPs prepare to vote on restoring a blanket ban on the controversial practice. In a joint letter to the Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, 17 Read more…
October 10th, 2017 The EU Commission has announced €550m in funding for initiatives to tackle global oceans challenges at the EU-hosted Our Ocean Conference 2017 in Malta last week. Thirty-six commitments were made, which the Commission said will intensify EU efforts towards reducing marine pollution, enlarging protected areas, reinforcing the Read more…
Image: J Woodlock December 14th 2016 Ireland’s degraded marine environment got no help this week as the Minister for the Marine Michael Creed continued the policy of overfishing. Environmental groups have criticised the Minister for continuing to pursue overfishing in Irish waters with the announcement of the 2017 fish quotas. Read more…
