What the Minister didn’t say…
The fishing industry last week witnessed the ‘state of the nation’ address on the current situation in the industry and, as one fishermen...
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ifsacormac
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Alarm bells instead of Christmas bells for Irish quotas
As predicted by the IFSA last week, its beginning to dawn on everyone that Ireland is unbelievably facing even more cuts at the December...
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ifsacormac
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Nov 26, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 6, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Oct 5, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 27, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 23, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 21, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 17, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 10, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 8, 2021
- 10 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Sep 6, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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ifsacormac
- Aug 9, 2021
- 1 min
Finbar Markey interviews Cormac Burke, IFSA Chairman on the current crisis in the fishing industry
https://www.facebook.com/115922484120461/videos/282046423689508
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ifsacormac
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
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,...
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