ANNONCER
Ireland’s fishing industry has erupted in anger after Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney signed a new Statutory Instrument designed to derail the recent High Court decision that had discredited the system of penalty points applied to fishing vessels, shunting the issue back into the the spotlight.
Cork fishermen are set to take UK daily newspaper the Guardian to court for defamation over an article published last November alleging that migrant workers in Ireland were being mistreated in the fishing industry, reports TheJournal.ie
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority officers yesterday swooped to inspect a vessel landing at Kilmore Quay, landing after its first trip for two months, reports the Wexford Dispatch.
Irish trawler Mark Amay II has been sold to new owners in Iceland. The purchasers are shrimp processing company Dögun hf in Sauðárkrókur who took delivery of the boat last week and it docked in Iceland at the weekend.
ANIFPO and Sea Source launch a new whitefish sales division on Monday 1st of February.
The Irish fishing community is set to benefit as Skipper Expo Int. Galway creates a new record with 117 companies now confirmed as exhibiting.
Clogerhead brothers David and Niall Kirwan have taken delivery of the new multi-rig trawler designed by Vestværft to operate on nephrops. Based on a hull constructed at the Riga Shipyard in Latvia and towed to Killybegs in Ireland for completion at Mooney Boats, Audacious is built to freeze its catches at sea.
An excellent visitor attendance and brisk business has resulted in exhibitors at the recent Skipper Expo Int. Galway 2015 hailing the show as the busiest ever.
Cummins, the world’s biggest manufacturer of engines and generators, will be present at Galway with their “Cummins Power Tour” trailer, containing key products from Cummins range of propulsion and auxiliary engines, and generator sets suitable for a wide range of commercial marine applications including trawlers and fishing vessels.
Fish boxes support the safe handling of the valuable catch, at sea and on shore. To ensure smooth processes the boxes need to be reliable, durable and of highest quality. Plastic injection moulded fish boxes manufactured by Craemer UK are trusted by skippers, auctioneers and processors across the UK and Ireland.