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Bio diversity The meeting is being held in the context that there is now enough evidence to be confident that global warming is a real and present threat. The aim of this meeting is to guide the delivery of a … Continue reading →

Q1. The proposed categories cover minor fisheries offences only, with serious offences being referred to court for prosecution. Do you agree that this is appropriate? The seriousness of offences needs to be aligned with environmental and sustainability imperatives and defined … 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 system … Continue reading →

Two Reports, the Marine Institute’s “Sea Change” and Cawley’s “Steering a New Course” as a Context for a sustainable future. The context for the Cawley report is that Fish Stocks are declining and increasingly the fishing industry is under threat … Continue reading →

When will the salmon come back?  Cormac Burke’s article “Lonely Shores” in The Irish Skipper, August, reflects the consequences of socio economic decline, witnessed by empty fishing harbours: Teelin, Kilcar, Bunbeg, Blacksod, Goleen to name a few. Small historic ports … Continue reading →

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 →

see http://www.mfa.gov.uk/statistics/ukseafish.htm for full report.  2007 “ Marine and Fisheries Agency, UK Sea Fishery Statistics 2006. Overview of UK Fishing Industry. Comments regarding the UK fishing Fleet and a brief analysis of report from DEFRA by Brendan Kerr of Natural … Continue reading →

Cod recovery Summary findings of a Symposium, 2007 Findings of MJ Kaiser Bangor University . Need for Alternative Management Spatial management is required. No take zones, Temporary closures, Education programmes, outcomes and measures for objectives. Need to consider economic consequences … Continue reading →

Feedback re Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) conference.  Please find my feedback regarding recent Rafts conference held at the Birnam Institute on March 9th 2007.  This is a personal observation I apologise for anything that I have missed, … Continue reading →