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Thrown out!
Another SFPA cock-up as Judge throws out pelagic case - - probably the first of many acquittals of trumped up charges to come Isn’t it a...
ifsacormac
Apr 115 min read
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Parasites
How the Irish fishing and processing industry has spawned a lucrative business for SFPA monitoring & control. But how far can things go...
ifsacormac
Apr 109 min read
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REM
More EU fisheries regulations - - but more ‘one law for some and the blind eye’ for others? REM is a new electronic regulation for...
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Apr 37 min read
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Death by a thousand cuts
Facts in numbers - - a true picture of the alarming current state of the Irish fishing industry under EU ‘management’ 60,000 - the volume...
ifsacormac
Mar 102 min read
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A fool and his money are soon parted
Although the saying ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’ first occurs in 1587 in the writings of John Bridges, an earlier version...
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Mar 66 min read
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Waiting and watching
Irish fishing industry is watching with interest as charges officially brought against Dutch-owned, German-registered vessel . The...
ifsacormac
Feb 213 min read
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Time to break the cycle
Isn’t it strange that no matter who’s opinion you ask in the Irish fishing industry, the answer will invariably be one of sadness at...
ifsacormac
Feb 138 min read
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Fisheries allocations for 2025 - Ireland once again supposed to be grateful for crumbs of comfort
It was into the wee hours of Wednesday December 11th that the final touches were put to EU fishing quota allocations for Ireland’s share...
ifsacormac
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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Ireland’s fishing & farming communities - yet again no Government challenge against EU Commission
The corridors of power of Irish Government seem eerily quiet on this Monday morning on a day when farmers from all over Europe, including...
ifsacormac
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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Election promises - but who’s actually listening to the industry?
As we enter the final run-in of general election week everyone in the Irish fishing and seafood sectors will by now have been bombarded...
ifsacormac
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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Cards on the table
With the election manifestos of the three main parties of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin now in the public domain, the people of...
ifsacormac
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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An industry caught between politics and poverty
The line from the 1940s Ernest Hemingway book says “ Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee ” very much sums up the current...
ifsacormac
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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CFP reform must address the basics of an unjust system
A tangled web of deceptive bureaucracy, the 40-year-old Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is seen by the Irish fishing industry as a grossly...
ifsacormac
Oct 21, 20247 min read
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A Minister in hiding at a time of crisis
No political substance in defence of the Irish fishing industry Editorial Comment Cormac Burke, Chairman IFSA Despite year after year of...
ifsacormac
Oct 18, 20245 min read
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The lost tribe
Across the world today, October 14th, is ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ and is set aside to mark recognition and identification of those...
ifsacormac
Oct 14, 20245 min read
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A CON JOB
Following release of the Government Budget for 2025, which was accompanied with much fanfare and political spin as being the ‘great...
ifsacormac
Oct 3, 20245 min read
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NORWAY’S ABUSE OF MACKEREL STOCK MUST BE HALTED
ICES issues stark scientific advice for mackerel - EU pelagic fishing Member States once again to pay the price for Norway’s flagrant...
ifsacormac
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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Managing the Irish fishing industry - - an iron fist in a velvet glove
Two contrasting events of the past few days very much highlight the current state of the Irish fishing industry — editorial comment,...
ifsacormac
Sep 23, 20245 min read
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A pig with lipstick
Someone once said that you can put lipstick on a pig but that doesn’t alter the fact that it’s still a pig - - which is pretty much an...
ifsacormac
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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The law is an ass
Generally attributed to Charles Dickens, the phrase ' The law is an ass ' is a derisive expression said when the rigid application of the...
ifsacormac
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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