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Ten enforcement actions were served on seafood businesses during the second quarter of this year, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says. The enforcement actions were issued by sea fisheries protection officers as a result of risk-based official controls of approved…

Achill Island RNLI came to the aid of an unmanned fishing trawler in severe weather conditions on Friday, August 11th, following a call from the Irish Coast Guard. The 36ft trawler was moored between Purteen Harbour and Inishgalloon at Achill…

Tragedy was averted this August Bank Holiday weekend when a grandfather and his grandson were rescued from the sea after their kayak capsized off White Strand in Co Kerry. As the Kerryman reports, emergency services including the Irish Coast Guard’s…

Bathers and open-water swimmers are urged to check swimming areas which are at risk of contamination due to recent heavy rainfall. A list of 36 beaches with “restrictions” has been published on the beaches.ie website, which also lists areas which…

Nearly 60 people fell ill after taking part in the swimming portion of events at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Sunderland at the weekend. As the Guardian reports, at least 57 triathletes out of some 2,000 who took part…

A Connemara nurse aims to raise funds for the Aran lifeboat by swimming solo across Gregory’s Sound. As The Irish Independent reports, Barbara Conneely O’Brien, who is from a well-known Aran island fishing family, hopes to swim the three-kilometre tidal…

Lough Ree’s former Pike Classic has a new name and had expanded to the whole of the lake for the first time, as Shannonside News reports. The Lough Ree International King of the Lake Festival will be fished over the…

A guidance map for the Dundalk Bay Natura area off the Louth coast where certain types of fishing are prohibited has been published by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). The map delineates a specific zone within Dundalk Bay where…

A French surfer, Justine Dupont, was captured riding a wave during a surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal. This photo, taken by Octavio Passos of Getty Images, was selected as one of 24 winning images across various…

A European Parliament fisheries committee member has warned of further attempts by Nordic countries to seek greater access to Ireland’s fish stocks. Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey made the comments following a recent meeting with the Taoiseach and representatives of…

The Minister for the Environment has urged local communities and various groups involved in existing maritime activities, including fishing and seafood production, throughout the South Coast to engage in public participation, which his Department has announced about the 8,600 square…

A West Cork seafood business says it is scaling up salmon processing and reducing its environmental footprint with help from a Brexit support scheme. Keohane Seafoods in Bantry, Co Cork, is one of 44 projects to share in a €26.8 million…

A sea trout tagged as part of a collaborative project led by the Loughs Agency and the River Faughan Anglers has provided remarkable insights into the growth and behaviour of these elusive fish within the Lough Foyle system. The ‘Casting…

Galway’s Claddagh Basin may be a venue for next year’s Irish kayak polo intervarsities contest. The event may take place in the city canal basin in February 2024, Galway City Council says. It is one of several water polo activities…

Valentia Coast Guard was alerted by a concerned member of the public yesterday afternoon that a person had fallen into the water near Culoo Rock on the western side of Valentia Island. The incident occurred at around 4:50pm on the…

The RNLI has teamed up with British Canoeing to encourage people to make safety a priority before taking to the water. And echoing their safety advice is a kayaker who claims his trip to the coast may have ended in…