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On the first programme of a New Year and a new decade, the date for the unveiling of a memorial to commemorate the fisherman’s son who discovered Antarctica is announced. It will happen this month, after many years of dedicated effort by the people of a small East Cork harbourside village.
It is a case of Russia and Putin versus Ballinacurra and Ballinacurra wins!
And there is a lot more on the programme.
The offshore islands are hoping that the new decade will bring a new approach for their future; two noted lifeboatmen retire in Kilmore Quay and Fethard and Dublin City is being asked if it wants cruise ships to continue calling there ….
And there’s a lot more happening on the maritime scene as the 2020s begin. We are always on the look out for photos and news from around the coast and from all our harbours so please do send them on to us via email to editor@marinetimes.ie
A FISHERMAN’S SON HONOURED AT LAST
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Mixed Bag: Quota Increases and Cuts – Are they Reasonable or Confusing?
Another conclusion to the annual fishing quota negotiations has divided opinions across the board with regards to the gains and losses for the different sectors in the Irish fishing industry. Where we see gains in the pelagic industry it is negated by large cuts in the nephrop / demersal sectors.
This year’s outcome to the amount of fish Irish fishermen can catch has issued reactions such as; Reasonable – Fearful – Disappointing – Expected - Consequential – Confusing …
Public Consultation on Seafood Development Programme 2021-27 Launched
The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD has announced the opening of an initial public consultation to inform the development of a new operational programme for the sustainable development of the seafood sector for the 2021-27 period. The Programme will be developed in the context of the proposed EU Regulation on a European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, which is presently being negotiated by the EU co-legislators with a view to enactment in the Autumn of 2020. The new operational programme will be co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union.
Spanish Shipyard to Build Ireland’s New Marine Research Vessel
The Marine Institute is pleased to announce that a contract was signed between the Marine Institute and Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo S.A. for the construction of Ireland’s new state-of-the-art marine research vessel, following the completion of the design of the vessel by Skipsteknisk AS of Norway. This is a significant milestone with the build process contracted to complete in 2022.
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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.'
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
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.
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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.
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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