Ireland may face penalties in light of damning EU audit report.

The state watchdog which monitors fish catches is repaying €730,000 in overpaid salaries according to a newly published report, which also shows more than 3,500 checks and inspections were conducted.

The independent regulator for sea-fisheries is warning that unreported and unregulated fishing continues to be one of the greatest threats facing the fishing industry globally.

Ireland's EU quota for Dublin Bay prawn fishing will be cut by 45% next year if a decision to change how landings are assessed is not overturned, it has been claimed in the High Court.

On Thursday afternoon, I tuned in to Leaders Questions as Deputy Thomas Pringle was putting a question to Joan Burton.

The authority responsible for the regulation of the sea-fishing and seafood sectors has declined to reveal what prompted the suspension of a Dingle-based fish factory’s permit pending an investigation into the accuracy of its weighing scales.

Details have emerged of yet another State body that has had to make a substantial tax settlement.

Fishing authorities have moved to ease fears over the presence of the world’s second largest trawler in Irish waters — the same vessel which has been banned by Australia from fishing in its waters.

Kilmore Quay fishing port was a hive of activity yesterday morning as a local fisherman gave away €10,000 worth of free monkfish in a protest over EU quotas.

Yesterday’s protest by trawlerman Seamus O’Flaherty in Kilmore Quay, where he gave away monkfish — around €28.50 per kg from retailers yesterday — caught outside of quota limits rather than dump it at sea again highlights utterly wasteful if not immoral obligations faced by fishermen in a world where around one billion people go hungry every day.

THE Naval Service will make history next month when for the first time one of its ships carries out fishery protection duties in foreign waters.

Dublin: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the French Fisheries Control Authorities signed a bilateral agreement, which will enhance existing fisheries control and inspection arrangements between Ireland and France.

Dublin: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has launched a partnership with National Learning Network (NLN) to provide work placements for six students at SFPA offices over the next 12 months.

THE Shannon Foynes Port Authority (SFPA) has warned Clare could be losing investment to the Shannon estuary in a new county development plan.

MORE than 200 people became ill in France after eating contaminated mussels exported by a West Cork seafood company, a court heard yesterday.

A NUMBER of additional ports have been designated by Minister of State Tony Killeen for the landing of hake and monkfish.

PROTESTING fishermen were meeting in Cork last night to decide on what course of action to take following the lifting of their port blockades.

FISHERMEN have accused the state’s new fisheries watchdog of undermining the industry.

Fishing authorities seized €30,000 worth of fish in Cork Port, it emerged today.

FISH seized in west Cork last week as part of an investigation into illegal catches have been sold at auction.

A new protection authority comes into force tomorrow for sea fisheries.