Land: Ireland

The fishermen of Ireland have expressed their anger over the restriction imposed on cod fishing in the Celtic Sea.

Irish fishing industry and scientists from the Marine Institute in Galway has started a joint project to track stocks of cod in the Celtic Sea is starting to yield interesting results.

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.

The Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) is calling on the government to carry on the survey of EU cod.

The western component of the North East Atlantic mackerel fishery

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Irish Sea Fisheries Board has supported the first annual national Irish Food Awards.

The government of Ireland has approved EUR 118 million for the seafood industry for 2009 during this financial turmoil.

The fate of cod stocks in Irish Sea is expected to collapse further in 2008, warned by environmentalists.

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, recently received the award for ‘Best Example of Waste Management in the Public Sector’.

The European Commission has approved the Operational Programme for the European Fisheries Fund in Ireland for the period 2007-2013.