Fishing Industry

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Reallocation of unused fishing quota to Ireland could create 2,500 jobs

EU commissioner to review the Common Fisheries Policy

<p>Fuel tax exemptions for the fishing industry save so much money that they could pay the salaries of 20,000 fishers every year — or pay for 6,000 new energy reduction and decarbonisation projects. Picture: Denis Minihane</p>

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EU should tax fishing industry to fund decarbonisation, urge campaigners

<p>Bere Island Boatyard owner Ger Sullivan: Of the 60 or so boat owners who have gone for decommissioning, at least four of them were his customers. Picture: Neil Michael</p>

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Ireland's fishing crisis: 'I will not take part in the scrapping of perfectly good boats'

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Ireland's fishing crisis: ‘Fishermen don’t want free money, they want to be able to survive’

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Fishing fleet could be 'slashed' due to Brexit, says report

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Over 100 fishing vessels to take protest to Dublin

Latest: Search for trawler has been stood down; One fisherman dies, another missing

Latest: The search for a man missing off the southeast coast after a trawler disappeared on Saturday night has been stood down this evening.

Sun, 05 Jan, 2020

Organisation warns of ‘apartheid’ in fishing industry

A fish producers’ organisation has warned of a policy of apartheid in the fishing industry which affects the bulk of the fleet.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2017

157 employment breaches in fishing industry during 2016

The Workplace Relations Commission detected 157 contraventions of employment legislation in the fishing industry in 2016 including 28 people on boats who were working illegally, it has been confirmed.

Wed, 01 Mar, 2017