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Can Nets men and Anglers can work together to ensure greater Abundance of Wild Atlantic salmon in Ireland? A good starting point would be to recognise the interdependence of mountain stream, surrounding habitat, rivers, estuaries and oceans. There are many … Continue reading →

Sustainable Decision Making?  It was disappointing to read the story on the back of Fishing News 28 November 2008 that dredging operations for a new containers terminal are to be given the go ahead and that as a consequence a … Continue reading →

Inspired hope for future value. There were many positive news stories published in Fishing News 2nd March 2007. Does this indicate a turning point for the fishing industry and are the lessons of 20 years or so, leading to a … Continue reading →

Can Ireland’s Nets Men and Anglers work together to achieve greater abundance for Atlantic salmon in Ireland ? I was interested to read the points made by Mr Patrick Keys of Moville in his open letter to Minister Dempsey in … Continue reading →

Life, Energy and the Unity of Nature;  Towards a formula for sustainability.  It was interesting to read the report of comments made by Joey Murrin at the conference on the EU Maritime Green Paper, “Towards a better Future Maritime Policy … Continue reading →

Celebrating Sustainability in Killybegs?  It was interesting to read that United Fish Industries, (UFI) are to build a state of the art fish meal and oil processing facility in Killybegs. A reason for congratulations and celebrations in South Donegal! My … Continue reading →

PLANNING FOR INTERDENPENENT SUTAINABILTIY OF ATLANTIC SALMON AND SOCIO ECONOMIC GAIN. NASCO The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation  (NASCO) have asked their 18 sign up countries to present new updated five year plans in November 2007.  Ireland, like all the … Continue reading →

Two Reports for a Sustainable Future; Steering a New Course and Sea Change. Destructive decommissioning or sustainable mothballing Please find my interpretation of these two reports. Understanding the implications was certainly not bedtime reading and required full concentration, to understand … Continue reading →

Quotas, Marine Protected Areas, and Marine Management Organisations Readers of this paper will know that the real problem for the Irish fishing industry is lack of quota and that Ireland’s share of quota was pretty much set in stone in … Continue reading →

  Can Ecological Economics achieve burgeoning sustainability for local fishing communities in Ireland?    Ecological Economics It is now fashionable to try and understand economics from an ecological perspective. Ecological economics sees commerce as a sub set of the ecological … Continue reading →