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18 December 2020
The National Marine Research Funders' Forum was established in 2018, and held their sixth meeting on the 26th November 2020. The Forum is an essential mechanism for the implementation of the National...
17 December 2020
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has today welcomed the agreement reached at the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers in Brussels overnight to set quotas for...
16 December 2020
This month Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is inviting all fishing vessel operators under 10 metres to complete its annual National Seafood Survey. More than 1,500...
15 December 2020
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research and Development, Martin Heydon, T.D. today launched a Call for Research Proposals under...
14 December 2020
The sustainable practices of the Irish aquaculture industry will form the focus of a Euronews documentary being broadcast later this month. Richard Donnelly, Salmon and Shellfish Manager, BIM and...
10 December 2020
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., hosted a meeting of the National Inshore Fisheries Forum (NIFF) online on 9 December with representatives from the...
9 December 2020
On 8 December, the UN General Assembly debated two resolutions on Oceans and Law of the Seas and on Sustainable Fisheries. In this context, the European Union stressed that to in addressing the socio...
8 December 2020
Údarás na Gaeltachta are to research and formulate a development plan for the environs of Ros an Mhíl harbour to investigate the opportunities to develop the location as a national resource for...
7 December 2020
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. today welcomed a provisional agreement concluded between the European Council and European Parliament on the text of the new...
7 December 2020
Scientists at the Marine Institute are investigating how new technologies could be used to share real-time information and help skippers avoid unwanted catches. The IFISH (Irish Fisheries Information...