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SFPA publishes updated Fishery Products Transport Policy. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published its updated Transport Document Exemption Policy, together with an updated Transport of Fishery Products Fisheries Information […]
Guidance on preventing histamine in fish during the summer season. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is advising fishermen and women, consumers and food business operators on how to prevent histamine […]
Registration of shellfish harvesters as food business operators – Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publishes Food Safety Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has issued a Food Safety Information Notice (FSIN), […]
SFPA publishes updated guidance for listeria monocytogenes criteria in ready-to-eat products effective 01st July 2026. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published a Food Safety Information Notice (FSIN) for food […]
Fishing master pleads guilty to retaining below minimum legal size lobster and protected lobster onboard a fishing vessel. Master of the Irish sea-fishing boat Resurrection II, Eammon O’ Neill, with […]
SFPA Publishes Updated Fisheries Information Notice on Access and Technical Measures for Irish Fishing Vessels in UK Waters The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published an updated Fisheries Information Notice […]
Fishing master fined for fishing for shrimp during the closed season Antoine Griffin, with an address in County Galway, pleaded guilty and was fined €400 at Derrynea District Court on […]
SFPA issues updated Food Safety Information Notice on the Management of Norovirus for Shellfish Producers. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has recently issued an updated Food Safety Information Notice (FSIN) on […]
Exports of Irish salmonids and spiny lobster to the USA resume with immediate effect. Restrictions lifted following NOAA equivalence Decision; standard export requirements reinstated for Irish exporters. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority […]
SFPA Explains New Fisheries Control Regulation Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority commences a series of nationwide information sessions for industry including roll out of new fisheries Electronic Recording System (ERS) hardware and […]
Exports to Türkiye – new registration requirements. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has recently issued an Information Notice (IN) to industry in relation to technical requirements for Irish companies trading […]
SFPA Publishes Fishing Information Notice on safe access and boarding ladders. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published a new Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) for fishing vessel Masters on safe access […]
Fishing master pleads guilty to taking charge of a sea-fishing boat while not registered in the Irish Fishing Masters Register. On 13th January 2025, Paul Jarleth Ferry, Master of UK-Northern […]
Fishing master pleads guilty to under-recording of fish catches. On 11th December 2025, the Master of fishing vessel ‘Margaret Katie’, Noel O’ Sullivan, with an address in Co. Cork, pleaded guilty, […]
Fishing master fined for undersized crawfish. Martin O’ Driscoll, the Master of the Irish sea-fishing boat ‘Ballagh Boy’, with an address in Co. Cork, was convicted and fined €400 at Clonakilty […]
SFPA issues guidance on new EU Fisheries Control Rules effective January 2026. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) advises the fishing industry that Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1766 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2196, adopted […]
SFPA issues new guidance on additive use for crustaceans on freezer and factory vessels. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published a Food Safety Information Notice (FSIN) on the correct use of food […]
SFPA invites industry to on-line briefing session on revised Code of Practice. SFPA publishes revised Code of Practice for the classification and microbiological monitoring of bivalve mollusc production areas in […]
Fishing master guilty of landing undersized catch. Master of an Irish sea-fishing boat, ‘Atlantic Chief’, appeared before Midleton District Court on the 4th of December 2025, and confirmed guilty pleas to […]
Fishing master pleads guilty to obstruction and illegal sea-fishing activity. The master of the Irish sea-fishing boat, “Mairead”, pleaded guilty at Skibbereen District Court on the 25th of November, 2025 to […]
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