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SFPA note decision of Swedish authorities following transfer of under-recording of herring case. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), the State’s competent authority for the enforcement of the Common Fisheries Policy […]
Changes to mesh size requirements for vessels targeting squid within UK waters, SFPA publishes new Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has issued a new Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) […]
SFPA issues Information Notice to Industry on Export Health Certification of crab consignments to China. Cadmium levels in crab to be amended from the 1st November 2023 The Sea-Fisheries Protection […]
Marine Institute to host 12th Shellfish Safety Workshop in conjunction with SFPA, FSAI, BIM and IFA . The Marine Institute in conjunction with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Food Safety […]
SFPA Publishes Fisheries Information Notice on minimum conservation reference sizes for common species in the Irish EEZ. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a Fisheries Information Notice (FIN) titled, […]
SFPA advise industry of upcoming webinar on revised trading arrangements with GB post January 2024. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) issued an information notice to industry on the 2nd October […]
Fishing vessel master convicted and fined for under-recording of catch following vessel detention. Eusebio Sanjorge Allariz, with an address in Spain, master of the UK-registered fishing vessel Gonpez I, pleaded […]
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, […]
Marine Institute to host 12th Shellfish Safety Workshop. The Marine Institute in conjunction with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and […]
SFPA Issues an Information Notice to Industry in Relation to Technical Requirements for Irish Companies Trading with Great Britain The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently issued an Information Notice to […]
SFPA confirms 10 seafood safety enforcements & 1 prosecution in Q2 2023. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has reported that ten (10) enforcement actions have been served on seafood businesses […]
Fair Seas welcomes new measures to protect Dundalk Bay. The coalition group, Fair Seas, is welcoming the confirmation that Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Charlie McConalogue has signed off […]
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 […]
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, […]
SFPA reminds seafood business operators of obligations under Animal By-Products Regulations. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently issued a new Food Safety Information Notice (FSIN) to all seafood operators, providing […]
Fish species prohibited from commercial exploitation in Irish EEZ waters. Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, publishes new Fisheries Information Notice. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently published a new Fisheries Information Notice […]
Export Health Certification for New Zealand – Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Issues Information Notice to Trade. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) issued an Information Notice to industry on the 3rd July […]
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 […]
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 […]
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