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KFO Prepared to Stop Faeroes And Icelandic Vessels Landing Mackerel Into Killybegs
The KFO is determined to stop any landings of mackerel from Faeroese and Icelandic vessels into Killybegs. The Donegal Fish Merchants Association fully support the KFO and will not be accepting mackerel from Faeroes and Icelandic vessels into their processing plants. This situation arises following the decision by both Iceland and the Faeroes to set autonomous mackerel quotas of 130,000 tonnes and 85,000 tonnes respectively. This irresponsible and outrageous behavior is putting the healthy mackerel stock in jeopardy which is the main stay of the Irish pelagic industry. These additional quotas are almost 40% above the scientific advice.

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EU Pelagic Fishing Industry Calls Upon EU Commission to Take Immediate Action Against Iceland and Faeroe Islands
After Iceland set an autonomous mackerel quota of 130,000 tonnes for 2010 the Faeroe Islands decided to do the same by setting an autonomous mackerel quota of 85,000 tonnes. The EU pelagic fishing industry is urgently calling upon the EU commissioner for fisheries, Mme Maria Damanaki, to act quickly and decisively in reaction to this irresponsible behaviour of the two countries. The EU pelagic fishing industry, organised in EAPO, is deeply concerned about the irresponsible behaviour by Iceland and Faeroe Islands by setting large autonomous mackerel quota outside the existing mackerel management and scientific advice. This outrageous behaviour could seriously jeopardise the currently healthy mackerel stock with huge negative economic consequences for the EU industry as a result.

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Venus fly-trap, Actinoscyphia sp., site GC852,
Gulf of Mexico ~1500 m.
Photo Credit: (photograph by I. MacDonald)

Irish Polyvalent Mackerel Fishery Wins MSC Certificate
The Irish Pelagic Sustainability Association (ISPA) western mackerel fishery has been certified as sustainable following a 19 month MSC assessment.
Eibhlin O’Sullivan, CEO of the Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation and speaking on behalf of the IPSA says: “The Irish Polyvalent Fleet is really pleased to have achieved MSC certification ahead of the 2010 fishing season."

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What a monster - David Sharkey and the crew of
the Rose of Sharon who caught this monster
Monkfish at Cork which weighed in at a massive
55.5kg and measured 1.81 metres in length!

This Island Nation:
Remembering the Loch Ryan and a Skibbereen Family Badly Treated by the Irish Government
There are many aspects of the Government’s neglect of maritime affairs which anger me. Readers of this column will know that I have been critical of State neglect of our marine resources and that I had disagreements with my former employers in RTE Radio over challenging Government policy or, more accurately, the lack of it. When I left RTE I made it clear I would be an independent voice for the marine sector and maritime people. In this regard, these words from a lady fighting the Government over the bad manner in which it has treated her family for 70 years, made a strong impression on me: “Is the Government waiting for the entire family to die off and then they can forget about us?”

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A Lifetime Fishing – Hugh Nelson and Malcolm Carter Recalls
Following on from his History of the Fifty Footers, Pat Nolan now turns his attention to the men who have spent a lifetime fishing ........
In Augusts’ issue of the Marine Times Hugh Nelson, Donaghadee, Co Down recalled his maritime related memories. Those recollections included a blend of fishing and RNLI lifeboat activities. He traced his life story up to the death of his father in 1954 when at the age of twenty-one he took on the role of fishing the family owned yawl, Sunrise. In this current issue he continues his life story and there is also an input from Malcolm Carter, Killinchy, Co Down.

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