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    THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEANS

    The reality of climate change is making an ever-increasing impact on our lives. Sperm whales, the biggest predators in the oceans of the world, respond to changes and impacts in deep offshore waters. Together with dolphins, they are regarded as a “sentinel species.” In the past month four sperm whales have washed up dead on Irish beaches and another was seen floating dead on the water in the Western approaches to Ireland. Why is this happening? On THIS ISLAND NATION radio programme over the past few weeks we have been reporting how dead sperm whales, with stomachs full of plastic, have been found on the shores of several countries – Italy, Spain and Indonesia amongst them.

    In the May edition of the MARINE TIMES, the CEO of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Dr.Simon Berrow, will analyse what has been happening. On this edition of THIS ISLAND NATION he gives a preliminary indication of the Group’s investigation.

    Also on the programme, the President of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners, Capt.Paul Keogh, discusses the 50th year of this organisation which represents professional mariners and says that seafaring is a challenging, but rewarding career in a vastly changing shipping industry.

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    You can listen to more about what is happening on the marine scene on the new edition of my maritime programme, THIS ISLAND NATION which is also Podcast on iTunes, Soundcloud and Spotify.



April issue in shops from Friday 29th March

  • Fishing Industry in the Republic Sets Aside Concerns “In Spirit Of Co-Operation” With Northern Fishermen

    Marine Minister Michael Creed, with his Departmental advisors, met fishing industry leaders in the Department’s offices at Clonakilty in an attempt to unblock the progress of the controversial Sea Fisheries Bill. For two hours objections to the Bill, which had been blocked by political and industry objections, were discussed. The meeting was in private. Industry organisations highlighted concerns about it and the impact which, they claimed, would follow from the proposals by the Minister and his Department. Eventually, compromise was reached when the Minister conceded that amendments would be made and assured the industry that he would put on the record of the Dáil and Seanad issues they had raised.

  • Collective Responsibility in Safeguarding Our Indigenous Fisheries

    Earlier this year a group of like-minded individuals came together to form the Heritage Net Fisheries Steering Group (HNFSG) which aims to ‘protect, preserve and promote the ‘living heritage’ of traditional eel, salmon and sea trout net fisheries’ in Ireland’s rivers and estuaries, through sustainable and innovative means, in conjunction with key stakeholders.

  • After Two Years of Consultation the Real Work is Starting

    By now every registered owner of an inshore fishing vessel in Ireland should have received a copy of the ‘Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023’. The launch of the Strategy has rightly been hailed as another major milestone in the development of what has traditionally been the most neglected part of Ireland’s fishing industry.

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WOMEN IN IRELAND’S SEAFOOD INDUSTRY »

Bord Iascaigh Mhara to Increase Visibilty of Women in Ireland’s Seafood Industry

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, today, 6th March 2018, launched a promotional campaign to profile the important role women play in Ireland’s Seafood Sector. The Irish Seafood Sector contributed €1.15 billion to Ireland’s GDP in 2017. However women’s participation in the industry remains low. Just over one in ten (11.7%) employees in fishing, forestry and agriculture sectors in Ireland is female. This is significantly lower than the EU average of 36.9%. ‘I'm Trudy McIntyre, from Dunmore East, Co Waterford. I'm the daughter of a fishing family and now the wife of a fisherman, Shane McIntyre with two young daughters. I came into fishing through my father, spending time with him when he was out working on the boat.'

INTERVIEW»

The Future of the Legendary Galway Hookers

The legendary Galway Hookers are the subject of our monthly interview in which the Chairman of Cumann HúcéirÍ na Gaillimhe, the Galway Hookers Association, Dr. Michael Brogan, talks to Marine Times Deputy Editor, Tom MacSweeney, about the future of these iconic West of Ireland boats and says they are a maritime art, the preservation of which deserves official support. The sight of a Galway Hooker under full sail is a wonderful spectacle, which can lift the heart of anyone with a maritime feeling. To helm one is even more stirring – and demanding. The feeling of power which comes through the tiller is astonishing, as I found on the helm of the MacDuach, the biggest of the Hookers.


Great Lighthouses of Ireland RTE Documentary »

Great Lighthouses of Ireland RTE Documentary

Irish Lights has announced its involvement in a four-part documentary series with RTE 1 that tells the story of Ireland’s lighthouses and the associated aids to navigation network around the island of Ireland and the vital role it plays in ensuring safety at sea for all. The documentary, Great Lighthouses of Ireland, illustrates Irish Lights’ leading role in safe navigation at sea from the 1800s to the present day, and the advances that have taken place in relation to Aids to Navigation from an engineering and technology perspective during this period.

opinion »

Segmentation of Fleet Capacity

Art Kavanagh: I remember some years back being at a presentation from a County Manager – as they were called at the time which he entitled “Running the County as a Business”. Since then the title of County Manager has been replaced with the title of “Chief Executive” which is probably more appropriate given the size of the Business actually being managed with Huge Budgets, large Numbers of Employees and responsibilities for many aspects of life within the County.



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    Joefy checking images and of his 'younger days' in the September issue of the Marine Times in Power's Centra in Dunmore East - Photo courtesy William Power

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