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OPEN LETTER - - IFSA
***************************************** This farce must stop! An Open Letter to Minister Timmy Dooley and to the members of the...
ifsacormac
Jul 53 min read
IFSA attends Oireachtas Fisheries Committee meeting
The following link is to the IFSA Opening Statement submission to this Committee, but the meeting in full can be viewed a link on the...
ifsacormac
Jun 131 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Government-authorized attack on the Irish fishing industry
SFPA and 25 armed Garda raid offices of the largest fishing company in the southeast “without any obvious justification” “This is blatant...
ifsacormac
Jul 4, 20244 min read
IRELAND MUST STOP THE SFPA ROT!
SFPA to repeat bullying tactic of hitting out when under pressure as Killybegs’ pelagic skippers to be hauled into court for incorrect...
ifsacormac
Jul 3, 20248 min read
Hope on the horizon
With the ongoing and ever-deepening crisis in Ireland’s fishing industry, a long overdue “commitment to work together” statement has...
ifsacormac
Jun 12, 20243 min read
IFSA social media temporarily out of action
Dear IFSA followers, Please note that since the international crash of Facebook & Messenger last Tuesday (5th March) I have not been able...
ifsacormac
Mar 7, 20241 min read
A Minister for scrutiny
Last call for the man who established the ‘Seafood Task Farce’ Dictionary description of a ‘Spoofer’ - a deceiver; one who is...
ifsacormac
Feb 19, 20245 min read
A hollow Christmas victory for Irish mackerel industry
More papering over the cracks as the Irish fishing industry endures weak political representation in Europe IFSA FOCUS REPORT . Minister...
ifsacormac
Dec 14, 20234 min read
A disgrace
As an Irish citizen you cannot watch this program about the end of the Irish fishing industry without feeling genuine sadness and...
ifsacormac
Dec 5, 20231 min read
EU approves new control rules
EU Parliament approves new EU fisheries controls - and promises “harmonisation of sanctions and margins of tolerance” A ‘revamped’...
ifsacormac
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Ireland’s fuel subsidy crisis
The hiding behind Europe on fuel assistance for the Irish fishing industry needs to stop – Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD Sinn Féin...
ifsacormac
Oct 6, 20232 min read
An ode to Ireland’s dying coastal communities
The following piece was written by Ciara Boyle due to the news that the Fish Shop in Killybegs is to close down - but this is more than a...
ifsacormac
Sep 18, 20232 min read
IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN IRELAND!
A fishery opened by Irish authorities but then no factory given licence to process by other Irish authorities . It sounds like the start...
ifsacormac
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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