The real reason why Boris wanted the fish
With the final ratification of the EU/U.K. BREXIT deal edging ever closer (30th April) the once presumed ‘done deal’ is looking ever more...
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ifsacormac
Mar 8, 20214 min read
THE ENEMY WITHIN
As has been well publicised in the days since Christmas, everyone in the Irish fishing and seafood industries can see that Ireland, as a...
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ifsacormac
Mar 5, 20214 min read
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION - A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED?
It would appear that the final chink of the light of hope for the Irish fishing and seafood industry fighting against the EU is fading...
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ifsacormac
Mar 5, 20211 min read
EU COMMISSION WARNED AGAINST MIS-INFORMATION
COMMISSION GUILTY OF PORTRAYING INDUSTRY AS DEVIANTS https://fiskerforum.com/commissioner-must-address-spread-of-damaging-information/?fb...
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ifsacormac
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Fishermen challenge SFPA in High Court over their refusal to accept modern ‘flowscales’ system
“It is claimed the SFPA acted outside of its powers, the relevant regulations and Irish and European law in determining last year that...
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ifsacormac
Mar 3, 20211 min read
IFSA radio interview with Tom MacSweeney on ‘Maritime Ireland’
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/tom-macsweeneys-maritime-ireland/id1451636162
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ifsacormac
Mar 3, 20214 min read
FACING THE FACTS
A wise man once said that the worst kind of people are those who know the price of everything but the value of nothing Such would seem to...
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ifsacormac
Mar 2, 20212 min read
SFPA ‘strike action’ put on hold
Notice of “rolling 24-hour stoppages” by Ireland’s inspectors from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) was suspended last night...
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ifsacormac
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Letter — Disappointed with our Government
I am the skipper of a fishing boat operating off the northwest coast and, in my opinion, I feel that the Irish pelagic sector has been...
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ifsacormac
Feb 25, 20211 min read
IFSA’s petition to Government
Please sign our petition to put pressure on the Irish Government to give urgent priority to Ireland’s fishing, seafood and coastal...
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ifsacormac
Feb 23, 20212 min read
MARINE TIMES
IIMRO Given Recognition as a Seafood Producer Organisation The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D.,...
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ifsacormac
Feb 23, 20213 min read
EU must be joking!
Irish fishing industry expected to pay for SFPA monitoring & inspections Not content with years of wasting Irish taxpayers’ money taking...
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ifsacormac
Feb 22, 20216 min read
Leading Irish marine expert endorses IFSA
One of Ireland’s most respected fishing industry experts, Galway-based Dr Peter Tyndall, has this week offered his public support of the...
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ifsacormac
Feb 19, 20213 min read
RTE’s ‘slanted’ anti Irish fishing industry program
In an open letter to the RTE broadcasting complaints department, IFSA (the Irish Fishing & Seafood Alliance) has accused the tv station...
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ifsacormac
Feb 18, 20213 min read
IFSA article raises questions in the Dail
Minister asked to intervene in SFPA non-cooperation with Irish pelagic industry “I am appealing to the Minister to intervene to ensure...
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ifsacormac
Feb 18, 20214 min read
The two faces of the EU’s BREXIT ‘deal’ for Ireland
“The EU Commission’s own double standards on ‘relative stability’ and ‘zonal attachment’ has made a farce of all ‘fair’ fisheries...
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ifsacormac
Feb 17, 20216 min read
The Crying Game
A ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against Ireland’s call for justice is the latest EU Commission stunt - in a bid to shut up the Irish fishing...
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ifsacormac
Feb 15, 20212 min read
So much for justice
So much for justice . A cornerstone of the management of EU fisheries has been the implementation of a system known as ‘relative...
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ifsacormac
Feb 15, 20216 min read
Come into my parlour said the spider to the fly…
The EU (formerly E.E.C.), and all that it entails has, many would believe, been an economic boost to the nation of Ireland since we...
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