Tag: Ireland
Irish prepare for EC fish quota talks. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D., has received the 2019 Marine Institute Annual Stock Book, which is one of the principal annual ...
Irish national marine framework plan. The Marine Institute in Ireland has welcomed the recent publication of the Draft National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) by Government. The NMPF is the first national framework for managing the ...
Irish study into migration mortality of salmon. Aisling Doogan is a PhD student at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute. As part of her PhD she is investigating ...
Irish adopt seafood climate change strategy. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, TD, has welcomed government approval for the Agriculture, Forest and Seafood Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan. Adaptation is the process of preparing ...
App helps fishermen to target fishing areas. The development of an app to help fishermen target areas where they can catch fish for which they have quota and to avoid fish for which they don’t, ...
Increase in Irish boats in Clean Oceans Initiative. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, TD, has welcomed the increase in trawlers and other fishing boats now signed up to Ireland’s ...
Marine Institute welcomes freshwater scientists to its Newport Facility. The Marine Institute was delighted to welcome a contingent of freshwater scientists from UKILN (the UK and Ireland Lakes Network https://www.ukandirelandlakes.org/) to its Newport facility on ...
Latest research on shellfish Safety presented at the 11th Shellfish Safety Workshop held in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone. Joe Silke, Director of Marine Environment and Food Safety Services at the Marine Institute said: “Ireland’s ...
Funding for SFI Research Infrastructure Programme projects. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, today announced a €25m Government investment through the Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure Programme as part of Future Jobs Ireland. ...
Irish fishers welcome mackerel quota boost – Irish pelagic fishermen have welcomed the increase given for next year’s mackerel quota, rising by 41% for 2020. The Irish quota for 2020 is 78,054 tonnes which represents an ...
Smart Net Management focus of BIM and ISWFPO workshop in Castletownbere. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, and the Irish South and West Fishermen’s Producers Organisation (ISWFPO) co-hosted a net management workshop in ...
Irish salmon celebrated in new visitor experience. A new visitor centre developed to tell the story of Irish salmon is opening in the Burren, Co. Clare later this month (25th October). The Taste the Atlantic ...
Irish outline Brexit no deal contingency support for fisheries. The Irish Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D, has announced details of his Department’s 2020 Budget. The Minister stated, “This budget is ...
Farewell to Marine Institute CEO Dr Peter Heffernan. Marine Institute staff, Board members and guests have bid farewell to retiring CEO Dr Peter Heffernan, after 27 years of valued service as Chief Executive Officer of ...
Fish war warning in event of no deal Brexit. A €14million Irish fisheries aid package, to be distributed in the event of a ‘No-deal’ Brexit, announced in Budget 2020 has been met with a lukewarm ...
Marine Institute welcomes appointment of new CEO. Dr Paul Connolly has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Institute, Ireland’s state agency for marine research, technology development and innovation. Michael Creed ...
Ireland’s first certified fishmonger qualification hopes to retain and attract talent into industry. Ireland’s first accredited fishmonger qualification was launched yesterday (Tuesday 1st October), in the fishing port of Howth, Co Dublin. Bord Iascaigh Mhara ...
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