Sea Fisheries Protection Authority News
Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue TD secured a budget allocation of €177 million for 2025 to support the seafood sector. Minister McConalogue is confident that this will enable the acceleration of measures being funded under the Seafood Development Programme, continue vital…
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority Rejects Fishing Leader Claim Of "Spinning" Landing Figures
20th September 2024 SFPA
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has rejected claims that it has been “spinning” information on landings into Irish ports to give the impression that Irish fishing vessels are performing better than in reality. As The Skipper magazine reports this month,…
A Co Louth skipper has been fined amounting to €2,500 for fisheries offences. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says that Anthony Conlon, from Drogheda, Co Louth, was fined, on September 17th at Drogheda district court for charges relating to…
'Downward Trajectory' Raises the Question – Does Ireland Want a Fishing Industry?
13th September 2024 Tom MacSweeney
In fishing ports over the past few weeks I've heard a general opinion expressed that there is a downward trajectory in the industry. The State agency, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, issued statistics for last year which showed that 244,989…
The master of a French-registered fishing vessel has been convicted and fined €3,000 for under-recording of sole in Irish waters, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says. The master of the Rio Da Bouza pleaded guilty at Macroom district court,…
Ireland’s seafood sector had a “challenging year” in 2023, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has said in a new report. The “Protecting Seafood Trade Report 2023” records a decrease in third country exports from Ireland to 49,782 tonnes from 78,171…
Fines of 800 euro have been imposed on the skipper of a fishing vessel who pleaded guilty to two charges under fisheries legislation, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has said. Tony Gill, from Inis Mór, pleaded guilty at Cill…
SFPA Claims Irish vessels Made Over 95 Per Cent of Landings Into Irish Harbours Last Year
22nd August 2024 SFPA
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says that Irish vessels accounted for over 95 per cent of landings into Irish ports and harbours in 2023. Vessels from France, Britain and Spain were the top three among non-Irish vessels in the SFPA…
Tributes have been made to Wexford fisherman, writer, researcher, maritime historian and community activist John Power, who died last month aged 90. The Sunday Independent reports that the RNLI’s Kilmore Quay lifeboat station has described his knowledge of maritime history…
Fisheries monitoring staff from Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia have participated in a recent training programme run by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) Use of vessel monitoring systems, automatic identification systems and other control technologies including satellite imagery…
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority’s (SFPA) says it has initiated its annual inshore fisheries patrol programme to help protect Ireland’s valuable shellfish and crustacean fisheries including crab, lobster, crayfish, and whelk. The SFPA says its campaign will focus on unlicensed and…
A new monitoring programme for harvesting King Scallops on the Irish coastline will come into effect this weekend. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), says that from June 1st there will be increased sampling of whole scallops and more toxins will…
A Scottish fishing skipper has been fined €17, 500 in relation to breaches of fisheries legislation in Irish waters. Jonathan Bellany, with an address in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, was also ordered to forfeit €26,888.56 from the value of the catch…
A West Cork fishing skipper has had fines totalling 4,000 euro imposed after a court hearing relating to breaches of sea fisheries law. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says that the case was heard at Bandon District Court, Co…
European Fisheries Control Agency Says Introducing Its Own Offshore Patrol Ships and Airplane Marked "A Turning Point"
27th April 2024 Fishing
Deploying three offshore patrol vessels for the first time added “fundamental fisheries control capacity to the EU”, according to the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). The EFCA says that the chartering of three seaborne inspection platforms—the Ocean Sentinel, the Ocean…
A guide to assist fishing skippers to meet landing obligation requirements has been published by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). A waterproof copy of the guide has been posted to all vessel owners with an electronic logbook onboard. One guide…
