Irish Fishing industry
The Irish Commercial Fishing Industry employs around 11,000 people in fishing, processing and ancillary services such as sales and marketing. The industry is worth about €1.22 billion annually to the Irish economy. Irish fisheries products are exported all over the world as far as Africa, Japan and China.
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Over 16,000 people are employed directly or indirectly around the coast, working on over 2,000 registered fishing vessels, in over 160 seafood processing businesses and in 278 aquaculture production units, according to the State s sea fisheries development body Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM).
All activities that are concerned with growing, catching, processing or transporting fish are part of the commercial fishing industry, the development of which is overseen by BIM. Recreational fishing, as in angling at sea or inland, is the responsibility of Inland Fisheries Ireland.
Fort William town centre
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Projects in Lochaber have been offered a share of £84,000 to deliver a welcome boost to the local community.
Members of the Highland Council’s Lochaber Committee have allocated £84,156 Scottish Government Town Centre funding to five projects for investment in Fort William, Caol, Banavie and Corpach.
Kilmallie Community Centre Car Park is also to be resurfaced at a cost of £23,556 following an asset transfer of the land to the centre in November.
Meanwhile, Fort William Town Team is to purchase and install new waste bins along the Parade and High Street following receipt of a £15,400 grant as well as the placing of trough flower planters adjacent to the War Memorial at the Parade.
THIS has already been a momentous year, and we are only 3 weeks in. Since live transport of shellfish products to mainland Europe is the main part of creel businesses, the preparations for Brexit involved meetings with Scottish Ministers, Westminster and the UK Government, all around forward planning for either a No-Deal or new deal. James Cook of D R Collin in Eyemouth has been at the forefront through this gigantic task. So the last 4 weeks have been particularly hectic, and it is soul-destroying that severe difficulties are arising outside of their control. James, who is also the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) treasurer, has been frantically busy in this, on news programmes and in complex planning to try and ensure smooth export at the ports.
SCOTLAND S nature preservation agency has raised concerns about the growth of fish farming and the risk to wild salmon as objections grow about how the aquaculture industry is dealing with a crisis over on-site deaths. Current concerns have focussed on one of the nation s most environmentally sensitive areas, the Firth of Clyde which is facing a 58% rise in the extent of fish farming through seven new and expanded projects which campaigners fear provides a serious risk to wild salmon while also acting as blots in a protected area. Sea lice are posing a major problem across Scotland’s farmed salmon industry, with parasites from open net farms earlier this year.