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In this month’s edition -

The Budget Must Support Inshore Fishermen – There Is No Alternative; The Primary Producer Is the Fisherman; The Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (IIMRO) has called on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to leave current arrangements for brown crab and spider crab in the Biologically Sensitive Area (BSA) unchanged, warning that allocating effort on the basis of past track record would shut young island fishermen out of the fishery before they ever get into it; “THERE WILL ALWAYS BE FISH IN THE OCEAN ….” What sort of fishing industry does Europe want in ten years’ time? What size, what scale, based in which communities, landing into which ports? ....

.... all of this plus so much more in our September issue

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Marine Times Fisheries Podcast SEPTEMBER:
On this edition of the fisheries podcast .......

REVEALED – Senior Department Official Sought to Prevent Irish Objection to Removal of Hague Preferences

A senior official within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine sought to prevent Minister Timmy Dooley from objecting to the removal of the Hague Preferences at last December’s EU Fisheries quota negotiations – because it could impact on the Ireland’s nitrates derogation which benefits farmers.

This has been revealed by Sinn Fein’s Spokesman on Fisheries and the Marine, Padraig MacLochlainn in an interview on the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST. He says he is very angry about it and has correspondence which shows a Department attitude that fisheries is secondary to agriculture.

He also says it is illogical that Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon is chairing fisheries discussion under Ireland’s EU Presidency and calls on the Taoiseach to intervene, that the primary role should be given to Minister Dooley.

He spoke to Marine Times Executive Editor Tom MacSweeney.

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MARINE TIMES NEWS September 1st:
Fishing Communities Deserve Accountability

Fishing communities must no longer be treated as a commodity to be frittered away until there is little or nothing left according to the National Inshore Fishermen’s Association (NIFA).

In a statement to the Marine Times, NIFA says that; “For decades, Ireland’s fishing and seafood families have watched their industry decline while successive governments and administrations failed to adequately protect the communities whose livelihoods depend upon it. Full story here

IFPO Says Ireland Deserves Same Fisheries Flexibility Offered to Iceland

The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) has called on the Government to seek a comprehensive review of Ireland's position within the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), after Iceland's rejection of a return to EU accession talks exposed the extent to which Brussels was prepared to bend on fisheries to keep Iceland at the table.

Icelanders voted this week against reopening EU accession negotiations, frozen since 2013. In the lead-up to the vote, EU fisheries commissioner Costas Kadis and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos had both indicated there was scope for flexibility on CFP rules to accommodate Iceland's fisheries and agriculture sectors; flexibility successive Irish governments have been told does not exist. Full story here

MARINE TIMES NEWS August 26th:
Worst Fears of Fishing Communities Confirmed

More on Hague Preferences Controversy – Sinn Fein’s Padraig MacLochlainn Issues Letters Between Government Ministers Dooley and Heydon

“You may recall that efforts were made by a senior official in DAFM to discourage my efforts to protect the Hague preferences in advance of the December 2025 Council of Ministers meeting. The reasoning advanced at the time was that my efforts might undermine the DAFM priority to get an agreement on the nitrates derogation for Ireland, reinforcing the lower priority that fisheries has within DAFM.”

The loss of the Hague Preferences was a very serious blow to the Irish fishing industry, compounding a 57,000-tonne quota cut for 2026 and an estimated €94 million loss to the catching sector. Full story here

MARINE TIMES NEWS August 23rd:
Kilkeel RNLI  hold naming ceremony for station’s new Shannon class lifeboat Bobby Cameron

A new Shannon class lifeboat for Kilkeel RNLI has been officially named Bobby Cameron by the donor, during a ceremony at the county Down lifeboat station on Saturday, 22 August.

The lifeboat which went on service in June this year has been generously donated by Margaret Cameron and is named in memory of her late brother, Robert. The Bobby Cameron replaces the station’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Frank William Walton which had served the area for 20 years before its retirement. Full story here

MARINE TIMES NEWS August 13th:
Achill Island RNLI in 16 hour call out to bring 25 people onboard 24m sailing vessel to safety from a salmon cage

Achill Island RNLI was requested to launch at 4.30am yesterday morning (Wednesday 12 August) to reports of a 24m sailing vessel with 25 people onboard, which had made contact with a fish farm one mile east of Clare Island, off the Mayo coast. The vessel was reported to be taking on water.

Achill Island RNLI alongside the salmon cage off Clare Island (Photo: David McGloin)

Achill Island RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat launched under Coxswain Dave Curtis and with mechanic Michael Cattigan, navigator Terry Hogarth and crew members Patrick McNamara, Kevin Cattigan and Orlagh Blake-Dillon onboard and proceeded to the scene for the crew to assess the situation. The Irish Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 118 from Sligo was also tasked. Full story here

MARINE TIMES NEWS August 6th:
Clogherhead RNLI assists fishing boat sinking off Clogherhead Beach

Clogherhead RNLI Lifeboat Crew came to the aid of a fishing trawler sinking just half a nautical mile east of Clogherhead RNLI Boat house.

The all-weather Shannon class lifeboat, the Michael O'Brien, was launched at 15.15pm on Wednesday (5 August) with five crew members on board and with the assistance of six shore crew members. Full story here

Arklow RNLI thanks community following successful 200th anniversary Open Day

Arklow RNLI has thanked everyone who attended its Lifeboat Station Open Day on Sunday, after large crowds visited the station to help celebrate the charity's 200 years of lifesaving service in the town.

The family-friendly event saw visitors of all ages enjoy a day of entertainment, demonstrations and activities at the lifeboat station, while learning more about the RNLI's lifesaving work. Guests had the opportunity to tour the station, meet the volunteer lifeboat crew and fundraisers, see the lifeboats up close, enjoy live entertainment and family attractions, and receive important water safety advice from RNLI volunteers. Full story here

€7.9 million for landmark marine restoration project in Co. Kerry

Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan TD, has today (Thursday August 6th) announced €7.9 million in funding to restore and enhance some of Ireland’s most important marine habitats. Over the next five years, the Tralee Bay Marine Biodiversity Restoration Project will involve the restoration of sensitive eelgrass meadows and native oyster beds in County Kerry.

The project is funded and overseen by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and is led by University College Cork working with local partners including Tralee Oyster Society and Tralee Bay Hatchery. The project, which will be based in Tralee Bay Nature Reserve will benefit wider coastal habitats in Co. Kerry, including Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí, Ireland’s first National Marine Park. Full story here

MARINE TIMES NEWS August 5th:
Aran Islands Severn class lifeboat reaches 1000 callouts

The Aran Islands RNLI marked a significant milestone after its Severn Class lifeboat, ‘David Kikaldy’ completed its 1,000th callout since arriving at the station in 1997.

The volunteer crew were requested to launch yesterday (4 August) at 6.08pm for a medical evacuation from Inis Mór. Once the patient was safely transferred to Ros a Mhíl the lifeboat crew returned to Inis Mór where they were greeted by Emergency Services, former crew and members of the public to mark the occasion. Full story here

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Marine Times Fisheries Podcast AUGUST:
On this edition of the fisheries podcast .......

The EU Fisheries Commissioner has indicated to the National Inshore Fisheries Association that he would be willing to assist the inshore sector if the Commission received a letter from the Irish Government seeking a derogation, but no such letter has been received.

This is revealed by the Chairman of NIFA, Michael Desmond, in this month’s MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST which discusses the meeting of EU Fisheries Ministers in Cork.

John Lynch, CEO of the Irish South and East Fishermen’s Association who addressed the Ministers at their meeting and Michael Desmond who met the EU Commissioner discuss the outcome of the meeting on the Podcast.

These are topics in the August edition of the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast JULY:
On this edition of the Seascapes podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney - We should be proud of our Irish fishermen

The July edition of SEASCAPES has four interviewees, bringing four stories from different maritime aspects, all related to the keynote of the programme – current developments in Ireland’s marine sector, its culture, history and traditions – all essential and important parts of the lifestyle of an island nation.

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Marine Times Fisheries Podcast JULY:
On this edition of the fisheries podcast .......

The new Chief Executive of BIM gives his first interview on the July edition of the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST, where you can also hear an unusual proposal for leasing fish quotas put forward by the Irish South and West FPO and IFA Aquaculture complains again about the attitude of Government towards aquaculture - "no clear ambition for aquaculture at Government level…"

These are topics in the July edition of the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast JUNE:
On this edition of the Seascapes podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney - Have you thought about food security in an island nation? Are we prepared?

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Marine Times Fisheries Podcast JUNE:
On this edition of the fisheries podcast .......

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE TASK FORCE?

What is happening with the Task Force – why is there no sign of expediency in completing its report? Does Government understand food security and that fishing is a food supplier?

These are topics in the June edition of the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast MAY:
On this edition of the Seascapes podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

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Marine Times Fisheries Podcast APRIL:
On this edition of the fisheries podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

SHOULD THERE BE A FISHERIES OMBUDSMAN?

Will any changes be made to the operations of the SFPA in the review promised next month by Fisheries Minister Timmy Dooley? What about a Fisheries Ombudsman to protect the interests of fishermen and the industry? That suggestion is made in the April edition of the MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST on which, in the inshore sector, fishermen question whether the Government wants it to exist. On the EU mackerel deal, while it is welcomed, that a long-term solution is needed, is discussed.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast APRIL:
On this edition of the Seascapes podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Music of the sea!

This month's Podcast discusses sea shanties, songs and music of the sea and a new international maritime festival to be held in Carrigaline, Co. Cork.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES FISHERIES Podcast MARCH:
On this edition of our regular podcast, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

What can the 'task force' really achieve?

From this month, as we highlight in the MARINE TIMES the challenges and problems for the industry, we will be broadcasting the SEASCAPES FISHERIES PODCAST on our website, adding to the communications resource to express the views of the fishing industry, fishermen, processors, the aquaculture sector.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast FEBRUARY:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Ireland’s aquaculture licencing scandal

This month’s Podcast reports on the major problem affecting development of Ireland’s aquaculture sector – delays in licencing which have been going on for many years. Despite that the rest of the ocean economy is growing and a major contributor to national welfare, as the programme also reports. There is also a report on the new currach training programme for young people in Cork and the story of how Brendan Behan did not keep a job with the Commissioners of Irish Lights.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast JANUARY:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

The EU is no friend of the Irish fishing industry

This is the lead story on the January edition of SEASCAPES where John Lynch, CEO of the Irish South and East FPO says that other European nations who have benefited from fishing in Irish waters want to take everything and leave nothing for Irish fishermen. Other stories on the first SEASCAPES Podcast for 2026 – the amazing smallest seabird which travelled 300,000 kms and has a connection to St.Peter and the enthusiastic Rosslare Maritime group which has launched its own maritime Podcast.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast DECEMBER 2025:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Oysters are heroes, says the lady who has grown them for 35 years in Dungarvan Harbour - Cliona Mhic Giolla Chuda General Manager and co-Founder of Waterford Oysters on the December Podcast and is the subject of our monthly INTERVIEW on Page 39. “It’s an intensive business,” she says after 35 years in the business. “It’s not for the faint-hearted because there are bad years as well as good.” Also on this month’s Podcast and in our December issue of the Marine Times: The Irish Polar Institute corrects a ‘mean action’ by explorer Ernest Shackleton. Listen and read more on our HERITAGE Page; Also there is the story of the crewman from an inland county who survived the Titanic; And - an Arctic whale arrives in Donegal – Read More in the IWDG column.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast NOVEMBER:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Why has the Government cutback its Budget provision for the fishing industry? When the industry is in extreme difficulty, the Government has reduced financial support by nearly €20m. On the November edition of the MARINE TIMES SEASCAPES PODCAST with Executive Editor Tom MacSweeney, industry leaders give their critical response.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast OCTOBER:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Buy the MARINE TIMES in the shops or online now and listen to our extra service - the OCTOBER edition of Executive Editor Tom MacSweeney’s SEASCAPES Podcast, which this month hears from the Chairman of NIFA, the National Inshore Fishermen’s Association, who talks to Tom MacSweeney on this month’s edition of SEASCAPES for the MARIME TIMES, explaining why he has been thinking about leaving the fishing industry because it has become so difficult to make a living.

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast SEPTEMBER:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Buy the MARINE TIMES in the shops or online now and listen to our extra service - the SEPTEMER edition of Executive Editor Tom MacSweeney’s SEASCAPES Podcast, which this month hears from a sailor who spent ten years restoring a boat and then sold it – and that there ar 750,000 seabirds in Ireland; the RNLI needs more volunteers for its lifeboats and, how part of an original Naval Service shipwreck has become part of a house renovation on Cape Clear Island

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Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast AUGUST:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

.... Has the Government Got the Backbone to Fight for Irish Fishing? That is a tough question, but it is asked on this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast. Also on the Podcast – Fish farmers need help; Searching for Songs of the Sea; There is also a housing crisis on the offshore islands and – when a submarine blew itself up off Dunmore East. There is always something interesting in and about the sea.

The Podcast is presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above.

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast JULY:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

.... you can hear from a man who has taken upon himself the task of widening maritime knowledge amongst young people and about a son who succeeded where his father failed, becoming the first person to cross the Irish Sea in a balloon. There is a lot more also to listen to – voices from the fishing industry and the leisure sector. There is always something interesting in and about the sea.

The Podcast is presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above.

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast JUNE:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

Where family heritage meets daily life - That is the theme of this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast on the MARINE TIMES, presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney..

The podcast features two families, one from Cork which has invested in a multi-million Euro seafood centre and the other whose members have given 140 years of service driving cranes in Waterford Port.

The Good family traces its maritime history back to running a ferry boat in Cork Harbour. The O’Hanlons work high above ships in Waterford to keep exports and imports moving. Donagh Good has taken over the running of the Good Fish Company from his father Denis, who started it with one fish shop in 1988. He is one of the youngest company Managing Directors in the country. His family has invested millions with confidence in the future of the seafood industry. Donagh outlines why and says that the ‘mood music’ is changing for the better in the fishing industry.

The Podcast is presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above.

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast MAY:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

On the May edition of SEASCAPES from the MARINE TIMES – the Chairman of the new Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and the Marine outlines how he intends to focus the work of the Committee. First-time Sinn Fein TD from Waterford, Conor D. McGuinness, who comes from a fishing family - his father being the well-known South East Coast fisherman, Brian McGuinness, says it is a Committee with a broad remit and he will examine regulations affecting the industry where it seems at times that policing is too severe and Irish boats are boarded more often than foreign. And Finian O'Sullivan, Chairman of the National Committee of IFA Aquaculture assess the sector and its future. The Podcast is presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above.

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast April:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

On the APRIL edition - “There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment ...” So says Minister of State Timmy Dooley in his first radio interview in his dual maritime and fisheries post, on this month’s SEASCAPES Marine Times Podcast, presented by Executive Editor, Tom MacSweeney. There is also a discussion between the two sides of wind farm development and its effects on the fishing industry; a visit to a €25m ship bought by a Cork company and the question – Is the Irish public ocean literate? is considered .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast March:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

On the MARCH edition - Fish farming will be a vital supplier of food to future generations; Are whales changing which parts of Ireland they visit? Once Navy – Always Navy’ and the Waterford Estuary harbour which has changed, but not for the better .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast February:
On this edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen is discussed on the February edition of the Podcast, highlighting the way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna. John Shine, a leading figure for 20 years in the marketing and selling of Irish fish, highlights the way that Irish fishermen are prevented from catching Bluefin Tuna in Irish waters, while other nations are allowed to do so. He says that proper management of the industry is lacking and, unless its demise is stopped and the industry sustained, he is doubtful and concerned about its future. .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above

Tom MacSweeney's SEASCAPES Podcast January:
On this first edition of our maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney .......

The Polish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative in what is being described as “a world first event, never attempted before …” explains why he intends to spend over a year sailing 26,000 miles alone around the world on a 19-foot plywood boat which he has built himself….. The Managing Director of a Valentia Island boatyard discusses how it has built the first Naval vessel in Ireland for forty years…. and a sailmaker explains why he built a maritime cannon .... Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above

MARINE TIMES PODCAST December:
New government must end naivety towards fishing

Tom MacSweeney talks to Brendan Byrne, Chief Executive of the IFPEA

The Chief Executive of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association says there has been naivete amongst policymakers who thought that the fishing industry would reconfigure itself, despite the losses caused by Brexit.

The entire sector, catching and processing, is in a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, according to CEO Brendan Byrne. He also challenges the rigour of controls enforcement on Irish fishing by the SFPA, at a level which does not happen in other Member States, he says in this Podcast interview with Marine Times Executive Editor / News, Tom MacSweeney. Listen to the Podcast here

Tom MacSweeney's MARITIME PODCAST - DECEMBER

On the December edition of Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast, Ireland’s only maritime broadcast:
Why does Ireland, an island nation, not have a traditional fish dish for Christmas? Other nations do, so why not Ireland? Appropriately, this month being Christmastime, that question is raised in the December edition of my Podcast by historian Antoin O’Callaghan. While other nations make fish a Christmas dish, he wonders why Ireland does not and suggests The Feast of the Seven Fishes. But, will Ireland have enough fish to meet its needs? Perhaps not. The Chief Executive of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters, Brendan Byrne, says this has been a very bad year for processors. That’s all on the December edition, with a look back at storylines from previous editions.

MARINE TIMES PODCAST September:
Does the Government want a fishing industry or does it want to let it continue into terminal decline?
“The Government must be clear --------The industry needs real help…”

Tom MacSweeney interviews Dominic Rihan, Chief Executive ofthe KFO

Our main News story in the September edition reports a fall of more than €37m in landings by the Irish fleet. All sectors of the industry are united in opinion – it is in its worst crisis ever and the Government is not doing enough to support it.

In this month’s Marine Times Podcast the Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Dominic Rihan, discusses the situation with Marine Times Executive News Editor, Tom MacSweeney. A strategic review is needed of where the industry is going, he says and raises the question - does the Government want a fishing industry or does it want to let it continue into terminal decline?

“That is a stark reality,” says Mr.Rihan, “but it has to be recognised.” Listen to the Podcast here

MARINE TIMES PODCAST August:
Do you accept that the fishing industry is in a very serious crisis situation, Minister?

Tom MacSweeney interviews Minister Charlie McConalogue

In the August issue of the Marine Times, Tom MacSweeney interviews Minister McConalogue - challenging him on a number of aspects affecting the fishing industry, asking him questions on why he insists on putting accross the EU oinion to the industry rather than voicing Irish concerns sufficiently, asking him how is it realistic to encourage young people into the Irish fishing industry ....

Listen to the full MARINE TIMES interview with Tom MacSweeney. Listen to the Podcast here

PODCAST 3rd July:
Government and EU must deal with how offshore wind campaigners and biodiversity campaigners are squeezing the fishing industry says leading fisheries CEO

The Chief Executive of the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation has warned of potential conflict between fishermen as traditional marine users and the new users of the blue economy.

In the front page leading story of the July edition of the MARINE TIMES, Aodh O’Donnell says there is an impending serious ‘spatial squeeze’ on Ireland’s fishing industry due to the way offshore renewable energy strategy is being implemented nationally, because there has been a failure to co-ordinate the roll-out of ORE and biodiversity strategies with the need to protect the fishing industry and its traditional fishing grounds..

He says that “the fishing sector fully supports the need for climate change measures, but there is a need for balanced thinking and understanding that fishing is a source of food security.

In this MARINE TIMES interview he outlined fishermen’s concerns to Tom MacSweeney. Listen to the Podcast here

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