Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

Erne Go Bragh –“Erne Forever." June 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the defiant boat protest that launched The Erne Fishery Case, also known as 'The Kildoney Men's Case' (1925-1933), one of ...

At first, it seemed like a bad comedian’s joke. Irish fishing boat owners were threatening to take on the second most powerful navy on earth because they had scheduled naval live fire exercises in the ...

Our website is temporarily unavailable in your location. We are working hard to get it back online. Politicians and fishing leaders have branded the move as “Armageddon” for our trawler fleet and ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Migrant workers on Irish fishing ships will be given additional protections aimed at preventing modern slavery in the industry, under a deal agreed between the ...

Rockall, hundreds of miles from Iceland, Ireland and the UK in the North Atlantic Ocean, is the only point of an elevated area of continental shelf that appears permanently above sea level. The ...

In a tale worthy of a movie, Moscow announced that it would relocate naval exercises away from the coast of Ireland after facing significant pushback from Irish fishermen. While any future movie will ...

When he finished school Daragh McGuinness knew he wanted to join a fishing crew but now, at 23, he fears climate change may kill off the industry that has sustained his family for generations. "It's a ...

The Irish fishing fleet is facing 2,000 job losses over a proposed 70% cut in the mackerel quota next year. The recommendation has been made by a scientific group, International Council for ...