Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publishes Bantry Gearhies Sanitary Survey. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a sanitary survey for Bantry Gearhies, Co. Cork. Under EU regulation, there is a requirement […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to exhibit at the Skipper Expo. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent regulatory authority for the regulation of sea-fisheries and seafood safety, will be exhibiting at […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publishes updated Fisheries Information Notice. Deep sea species and vulnerable marine ecosystems. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published an update to the Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publish key statistics 2022. 45,943 Vessel landings in Ireland 2,080 Non-Irish Landings in Ireland 267,200 tonnes of fish landed in Irish Ports €448,692,973 value of fish Landed […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority officers confiscate and safely return live crawfish to the sea. Last week during a routine SFPA inshore patrol, Sea Fisheries Protection Officers, deployed along the southwest coast, […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publishes Reference Map. Dundalk Bay Specified Zone from Fisheries Natura Declaration. The Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, recently published Fisheries Natura Declaration […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to host webinar. Implementation of export regulatory controls for exports of fish and fishery products to Great Britain. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will host a webinar […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Detains Fishing Vessel The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) have yesterday (21st June 2023) detained a fishing vessel, in the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for alleged non-compliance […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Issues Information Notice to Trade advising the use of TRACES for Export Health Certification to Great Britain and associated training. In an evolving third country regulatory environment, […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority issues Information Notice to Trade regarding registration requirements for export to China. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has issued an Information Notice to Trade in relation to […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority launches report on seafood trade. Three countries account for 63% of Irish seafood exported to third countries outside the EU in 2022: Nigeria 30.7%, Egypt 21.8%, and […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority seek participants for pilot remote electronic monitoring project. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is seeking a number of Irish registered fishing vessels to participate in a Remote […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority meets with Environmental NGOs. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent authority for protecting sea-fisheries sustainability and seafood safety, met on the 20th March 2023, with representatives of […]
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent authority for protecting sea-fisheries sustainability and seafood safety, met on the 20th March 2023, with representatives of Irish Environmental NGOs focused on marine […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority submits Draft Control Plan to EU Commission. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent regulatory authority for the implementation of sea-fisheries and sea-food safety legislation, states that […]
Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority meets with Environmental NGOs. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Ireland’s competent authority for sea-fisheries legislation and sea-food production, met on 7th September 2022, with representatives of Irish […]
Master of fishing vessel pleads guilty to sea-fisheries offences. The Master of a fishing vessel has pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to sea-fisheries offences of failing to comply […]
Irish conference on protection of skate. Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) participated at the second Regional Skate Working Group Conference in Galway last week. The conference, organised by Queens University […]
New executive chairperson of Irish fisheries protection agency. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced the appointment of Mr Paschal Hayes as Executive Chairperson and […]
Three Year Strategy Launched by Sea Fisheries Protection Authority Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has launched its latest strategy which sets out its key objectives along with the extensive programme […]
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