Demanding Ireland’s fair share
Ahead of the EU's fishing quota sharing and access negotiations beginning next week, Colm Markey MEP is calling for a united stance. ‘It’s of utmost importance that our voice resonates loudly…
Brexit Reserve supports transformation of Killybegs pelagic processing
Donegal Fish will transform the processing of pelagic fish and create thirty new jobs at its new €8.9 million Killybegs facility, which has received funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve.…
Second of pelagic trio for Atlantic Dawn delivered
Killybegs fishing company Atlantic Dawn Group has taken delivery of its third new vessel in less than a year, with one more to come before the end of 2022. Skipper…
Turned away the SFPA way
Killybegs has witnessed the bizarre spectacle of a high-tech fishing vessel, its tanks loaded with a human consumption-standard catch, taking its fish elsewhere after a demand by SFPA that the…
Investment package for Ireland’s Fishery Harbour Centre
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has announced the allocation of €9 million to Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, as part of a wider €35 million…
First step in Atlantic Dawn’s fleet renewal
Built for the McHugh family in Killybegs, Ella G-233 replaces Star of Hope and is part of the Atlantic Dawn Group’s ambitious programme of fleet renewal. Ella has been delivered…
KFO welcomes High Court ruling against SFPA
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation chief executive Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a High Court ruling which has found against the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) for its failure to approve a new…
Working on pelagic gear at SNG’s Killybegs net loft. Image: SNG
Gearing up for tuna
Feedback from Swan-Net Gundry (SNG) customers has been highly positive as the company’s new design concept of incorporating more mesh into the side wing panels of pelagic trawls for herring,…
The SFPA weighing at the point of landing system has implications for any vessel landing in an Irish port
Red tape threatens to close down Irish pelagic fishing and processing
The decision by Ireland’s Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) to recently select Killybegs pelagic trawler Genesis to undergo a random but highly controversial type of ‘weighing at point of landing’…
Atlantic Dawn Group has gone to Seaquest Systems for the new Ella’s deck machinery. Image: SeaQuest Systems
SeaQuest to supply Ella’s deck equipment
The contract for the deck machinery for a new trawler being built for Atlantic Dawn Group in Killybegs has gone to a local supplier. The new Ella, to be delivered…