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Tele Radio – A Wireless Remote Control For Every Application

Tele Radio – A Wireless Remote Control For Every Application

Following their success at the Irish Skipper Expo in February, Tele Radio, a market leader in the design and manufacture of Radio Remote Control solutions, will be exhibiting at the Scottish Skipper Expo for the first time in 2024. The company was founded in Sweden in...

XTRATUF S5-certified safety boot, Legacy NXT S5

XTRATUF S5-certified safety boot, Legacy NXT S5

Born on the seas of Alaska where 50-foot swells swallowed the slightest missteps, XTRATUF boots are just that, extra tough. For more than 50 years, XTRATUF has been outfitting commercial fishermen and women, and earned the respect, loyalty and trust of people who...

Irish Pelagic Processing Sector Hits Record Low Levels In 2024.

Irish Pelagic Processing Sector Hits Record Low Levels In 2024.

Factories ending processing weeks earlier than normal as trends worsen The Irish pelagic fish processing sector has recorded historical low levels of fish landings in Q1 of 2024, and with the mackerel landings effectively concluded; indications are that 2024 is set to...

Regional

Pollack Cut Causes Crisis for English Inshore Fleet

Pollack Cut Causes Crisis for English Inshore Fleet

Calamity has struck some of the most sustainable fishing skippers in the south west of England with an announcement by the government slashing quota for pollack, one of the mainstays of the smaller scale fleet for 2024, effectively forcing some to consider having to...

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International

SNP scraps Scottish MPAs Plan

SNP scraps Scottish MPAs Plan

Plans to introduce restrictive HPMAs in 10% of Scotland's seas have officially been cancelled. Scottish Government Minister Màiri McAllan announced her party will no longer pursue the plans to restrict fishing in some of Scotland’s fishing grounds. Ms McAllan said:...

Research

Net Zero And The Needs Of The Fishing Fleet

Net Zero And The Needs Of The Fishing Fleet

Clean energy company SSE Renewables operates a number of existing wind farms across the UK and Ireland, with plans for significant expansion over the next decade including an Irish pipeline of up to 5GW. After extensive dialogue with the parts of the fishing industry...

Notices

Have your say on future offshore wind development locations

Have your say on future offshore wind development locations

Government seeks views from fishing communities in South and South East to decide locations for future offshore wind developments The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has recently launched a public information and engagement period seeking the...

Events

Expo in Limerick Hailed a Huge Success Across the Industry

Expo in Limerick Hailed a Huge Success Across the Industry

With over 2,200 people in attendance across the two-day event, the 2024 Irish Skipper Expo held in Limerick was hailed a huge success by industry leaders. For its third year running in Limerick, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency proudly...

Safety News

Irish Skipper Expo

23 & 24 February 2024

Scottish Skipper Expo

9 & 10 May 2024

English Skipper Expo

to be confirmed