Hope for Irish Seafood Industry on Seascapes

29th October 2009

There's going to be a change for 84% of Irish exports within the Irish seafood industry, providing positive hope for the future of the Irish Seafood industry, according to the 'lady in charge' who'll be explaining how it's to be achieved on Seascapes this Friday evening. Tom MacSweeney and his team discuss both at 10.30pm, RTE Radio 1, Friday October 30th. And a lot more, as you'll read over the fold.

Also on Seascapes this Friday night (and on Monday mornings at 5am):

• A Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford, fisherman talks about the collapse of local fishing and how the village has become a ghost area economically because of the way the Government has treated the fishing industry.
• Latest lifeboat news from the RNLI.
• Vandalism to public lifebuoys and how Kildare is moving to stop it.
• Will your children and their local school ‘Follow the Fleet?’
• Monthly marine book competition.
• The Marine Casualty Investigation Board wants to impose alcohol controls on seafarers.
• Review of the latest marine news and views.

Don't forget the Seascapes book, which was published by Mercier Press to mark 1,000 editions of the programme.

Seascapes, presented by RTE's Marine Correspondent Tom MacSweeney and produced by Marcus Connaughton, is broadcast at 10.30pm each Friday night and repeated at 5am on Monday mornings on RTE Radio 1. The programme is also available as a podcast and is broadcast twice a week on the digital station, RTE Choice, on Wednesday mornings at 7.30am and Saturday lunchtimes at 12.30pm.

24-hour recording line 1850 715 170, Email: [email protected] Maritime Desk 021 480 5828

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