Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency
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BIM’s National Seafood Survey provides insights into the status of Ireland’s catching sector on an annual basis. It is an integral part of fisheries’ performance data reporting to the EU. Based on the most recent survey returns the Annual Fisheries…
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BIM Teams Up with RNLI to Highlight Lifesaving Strategies for Fishers at Sea
23rd September 2022 BIM
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has partnered up with the RNLI to deliver a series of one-day Man Overboard experiences aimed at Irish Fishers this autumn. The aim is to highlight the importance of wearing a correctly…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has released further details of Ireland’s third whitefish fleet decommissioning scheme. The information has been issued as a guide to fishing vessel owners who have registered expressions of interest in the scheme, which is being rolled…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency is hosting a series of information meetings about the National Seafood Survey with vessel owners at various ports from October onwards. These events will include discussions about the importance of returning the…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara chief executive Jim O’Toole is to move to Bord Bia where he will head up the organisation from November 1st. Mr O’Toole is the second BIM chief executive to move to Bord Bia. His predecessor, Tara McCarthy,…
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Engineering, Scientific and Aquaculture Entrepreneurs Join Forces at BIM Aquatech Community Day
28th July 2022 BIM
Engineering, scientific and aquaculture entrepreneurs gathered for the annual Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aquatech Community Day at Dogpatch Labs in Dublin’s CHQ Building on Tuesday, July 26. The event, now in its fifth year, is the culmination of a month-long…
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State-of-the-Art Fishing Vessel Navigation Simulator at Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Training College in Greencastle
17th June 2022 BIM
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. visited BIM’s National Fisheries College in Greencastle today, to officially launch new high-tech simulator suites that will enable skipper students to pilot and berth a vessel and navigate it through…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, announced (Friday, 3 June) the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme is officially open for applications for grant funding to enable coastal communities to restructure, reconfigure, retrain, and diversify post-Brexit. An initiative…
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today announced the appointment of Aidan Cotter as Chair of Board Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). BIM is the State Agency that helps to develop the Irish seafood industry by providing technical expertise,…
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BIM Urges Owners and Skippers of 15m Vessels and Above to Endorse Certificate of Competency
24th May 2022 BIM
As the transitional period for compliance with Safe Manning legislation ends, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency is urging all skippers of vessels of 15 metres in length and above that hold a Second Hand Limited (SHL) certificate,…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, in collaboration with Chef Network Ireland and Fáilte Ireland on Monday 9th May 2022 announced the Taste the Atlantic, Young Chef Ambassador Programme for 2022. The aim of the programme is to…
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BIM Opens Scheme to Help Ireland’s Inshore Sector Adjust to Post-Brexit Trading Conditions
26th January 2022 BIM
A scheme to support Ireland’s inshore fishing sector to adjust their business to the post-Brexit market has opened for applications today following the announcement by the Minister for the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. on January 14. Ireland’s inshore fishing sector…
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Studies in Scientific Journal Nature on Reduced Overfishing Welcomed by BIM Scientist
13th January 2022 BIM
A BIM scientist has welcomed two recent reports in the scientific journal Nature recording how fisheries management and marine conservation have helped to reduce overfishing. A recent Nature paper entitled “Rebuilding marine life” says that “substantial recovery of the abundance,…
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New Hybrid-Powered Diving Barge Offsets Significant Carbon Emissions, Says BIM
21st November 2021 BIM
Divers taking part in Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) commercial scuba and surface-supplied diving programmes are benefiting from the new diving barge two months on since its launch at the seafood agency’s National Fisheries & Diving College of Ireland (NFCI) in…
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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency is inviting Ireland’s fishing industry to take part in a survey of the labour force as part of a study on current issues facing the industry including recruiting and retaining crew. The…
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Ireland’s fast emergence as an innovation and new technology hub for a pioneering generation of aquaculture entrepreneurs is the focus of an event being held by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, on Tuesday, 27 July at 13:00…