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SFPA Publish Guidance on Food Business Operator Obligations when Non-Compliant Seafood or Seafood Potentially Injurious to Human Health is Identified The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a Food Safety […]
French registered fishing vessel detained at Castletownbere port for suspected sea-fisheries law offences. At a special sitting of Bantry District Court on the 19th of August, the book of evidence […]
Common Marketing Standards for Industry, SFPA publishes updated Fisheries Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published an updated Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) on Common Marketing Standards for industry. […]
Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority publish key statistics 2023. 44,396 Vessel landings in Ireland – 95% by Irish vessels. 244,989 tonnes of fish landed in Ireland. €395,985,405 value of fish Landed in […]
SFPA Publishes Updated Fisheries Information Notice on the Marking and Identification of Fishing Vessels & Fishing Gear. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published an updated Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) […]
SFPA publishes annual classification list of Ireland’s shellfish production areas. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published the annual classification list* for commercial shellfish (bivalve mollusc) production areas across Ireland, […]
Fish buyer director pleads guilty to charge of late submission of first sale – Sales Notes. Eamon Wilde, Director of Wilde Fish Distribution Limited, based in Rush, Co. Dublin, pleaded […]
Man convicted of Sea-Fisheries Offences relating to exceeding quota and under-recording catches. Gerald Sharkey, from Clogherhead, County Louth, pleaded guilty at Dundalk Circuit Court on the 2nd of July 2024 […]
Fishing master convicted and fined for brown crab claw landing offence. The master of the fishing vessel ‘Chaser’, Alan Hinchy, from Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford, was convicted and fined €300 […]
Morphological differences between Atlantic bluefin tuna and bigeye tuna. SFPA publishes New Fisheries Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a new Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) on the […]
Fisheries Control Measures for brown crab, spider crab and velvet crab – SFPA publishes Fisheries Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a new Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) titled […]
SFPA publishes updated Fisheries Information Notice on commercial vessels or aquaculture producers selling directly to the final consumer. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently updated the Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) […]
Fishing master convicted of mesh size offence and breach of sea-fishing licence condition. The Master of a fishing vessel, ‘Celtic Warrior II’, Patrick Smith, from Clogherhead, County Louth, pleaded guilty […]
New regulations on margin of tolerance for fishing logbooks. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a new Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) to help prepare industry members for changes to […]
SFPA issues Information Notice on Sales Notes. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority reminds commercial buyers of fishery products of legal obligations with relation to Sales Notes. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) […]
Fishing master convicted of mesh size, automatic identification system and stowage plan offences following vessel detention. The Master of a fishing vessel, Johnny Walsh, from Kinsale, County Cork, pleaded guilty at […]
Two fishing vessel masters plead guilty to illegal fishing activity. Two fishing vessel masters pleaded guilty to illegal fishing activity on the 10th of April 2024, at Belmullet District Court. The […]
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 […]
Fishing master fined for defective boarding ladder. The Master of a fishing vessel, James Langan, of Dungloe, Co. Donegal, was convicted and fined €4,000 at Cork District Court on the […]
Fishing industry partner with SFPA in education effort against illegal discarding of fish. New guide to be distributed to all offshore vessel owners to maximise compliance with Landing Obligation. The […]
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