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Time for Minister to show some backbone
As the dreaded December Council quota talks loom ever nearer it is incredible to even consider that Ireland is likely to see even more...
ifsacormac
Dec 3, 20212 min read
You don’t know what you’re doing…
Ireland’s continuing era of quota mismanagement As we near the end of a year that will be remembered by the fishing industry as ‘black...
ifsacormac
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Getting to the truth
Last weekend (Saturday November 20th) there was an interesting report from Sean Moroney from ‘The Fisher’s Voice’ in which he reveals a...
ifsacormac
Nov 22, 20215 min read
OPEN LETTER - A TRAIL OF TEARS
As I was driving home to Donegal from Dublin via Northern last week I was thinking of the amount of people that had tragically died and...
ifsacormac
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Scheming schemes
More corruption behind the smoke and mirrors With the final report from the Seafood Task Force now released it would appear that once...
ifsacormac
Oct 21, 20213 min read
An industry abandoned by Government
The Irish Government recently announced its annual budget and, amidst the usual areas to get ‘hit’ and the odd social welfare item to get...
ifsacormac
Oct 19, 20214 min read
Self praise instead of shame
On this day, Monday 11th October 2021, the Irish fisheries minister issued a public statement welcoming the final report from a Task...
ifsacormac
Oct 11, 20214 min read
BIM & SFPA red tape denying tie-up scheme benefits to small boat fishermen
By now most people in the fishing industry will be aware of the compensatory ‘tie-up’ scheme which is intended to give fishermen a form...
ifsacormac
Oct 6, 20210 min read
Government fiddles while the fishing industry burns
An editorial comment by Cormac Burke, Chairman of the Irish Fishing and Seafood Alliance (IFSA) There are so many issues of discontent in...
ifsacormac
Oct 5, 20210 min read
Yet another fisheries court case lost by the Department of Marine - but who really pays the price?
This week’s Court of Appeal’s decision to over-rule the Minister and his Department’s fight against a previous High Court ruling that...
ifsacormac
Sep 27, 20210 min read
OPEN LETTER
Dear owners of Irish fishing vessels and processors, You are the Irish fishing industry! You are the investors who have your necks on the...
ifsacormac
Sep 23, 20210 min read
The silent cries
An editorial comment - Cormac Burke, Chairman, IFSA What has happened in the Irish fishing industry since the protests that were held in...
ifsacormac
Sep 21, 20210 min read
Send in the clowns ….. don’t bother, they’re already here
An editorial comment - Cormac Burke, Chairman, IFSA It’s been a quiet recent few weeks in the fishing industry as the various...
ifsacormac
Sep 17, 20210 min read
CFP - the Crooked Fisheries Policy
Editorial comment – Cormac Burke, Chairman, IFSA Having recently spent much time going through the lengthy EU 2015 report on the review...
ifsacormac
Sep 10, 20216 min read
OPEN LETTER - IUU MUSSEL SEED FISHING
The following (lengthy) letter was sent by email to the Minister almost two months ago and has still not been acknowledged and, as of...
ifsacormac
Sep 8, 202110 min read
Ireland demands action against Norway mackerel - as EU fails to do anything
Last May Norway and the Faroe Islands announced it was taking a huge increase of the shared mackerel TAC, with Norway increasing its...
ifsacormac
Sep 6, 20215 min read
Finbar Markey interviews Cormac Burke, IFSA Chairman on the current crisis in the fishing industry
https://www.facebook.com/115922484120461/videos/282046423689508
ifsacormac
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Industry slams SFPA operational ‘fees’
IFPEA and IFSA issue joint statement on the announcement that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will, from October 1st,...
ifsacormac
Aug 9, 20214 min read
IRELAND — SACRIFICING COASTAL COMMUNITIES AT THE ALTAR OF THE FALSE GODS OF THE EU COMMISSION
“Ireland...That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be” -- Benjamin Disraeli...
ifsacormac
Jul 16, 20215 min read
Editorial comment
Its oh so quiet… Is anyone else wondering what is going on with our marine administrators in recent weeks? Funny how, in the wake of the...
ifsacormac
Jul 13, 20214 min read
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