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Safer Fishermen = Stronger Fishing Communities! Coastal communities are at the heart of Home and Dry's latest fishing safety campaign which calls for collective action to safeguard livelihoods at sea & on land. Find out more at homeanddry.uk/mob #fishing #FishingSafety

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Government Opens Irish Fishing Vessel Fuel Support Scheme Worth Up to €15 Million theskipper.ie/government-ope… via @SkipperEditor

MEPs Back Reserved Sea Space for Fishermen theskipper.ie/meps-back-rese… via @SkipperEditor

Over €4.8m for 57 coastal infrastructure projects theskipper.ie/over-e4-8m-for… via @SkipperEditor

CFP Review Reveals Uneven Playing Pitch theskipper.ie/cfp-review-rev… via @SkipperEditor

MARA publishes  Study on the Impacts of Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys on Irish Fish Stocks theskipper.ie/mara-publishes… via @SkipperEditor

Marine Institute Releases Major Benthic Dataset in Celebration of Biodiversity Week theskipper.ie/marine-institu… via @SkipperEditor

Wind Farm Squeeze: New Study Finds Trawling Decreasing Around Wind Farms While Potters Hold On theskipper.ie/wind-farm-sque… via @SkipperEditor

Irish Skipper Expo 2027 Returning to Galway theskipper.ie/irish-skipper-… via @SkipperEditor

Re-Launch of An Garda Síochána’s Coastal Watch theskipper.ie/re-launch-of-a… via @SkipperEditor #westcork #castletownbere #cork

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The nets Europe’s bottom trawlers drag across the ocean floor are releasing CO2 stored in the seabed and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process. insideclimatenews.org/news/27042026/…

Built on Sand: The €16 Billion Trawling Study That Does Not Add Up theskipper.ie/built-on-sand-… via @SkipperEditor

Meaningful Progress Must Be Made to Deal with Issues on Aquaculture Licensing theskipper.ie/meaningful-pro… via @SkipperEditor

Consultation opens on Northern Ireland Fisheries Management Plan for Non-Quota Shellfish theskipper.ie/consultation-o… via @SkipperEditor

EU Commission Activates Emergency Funding for Fishing and Aquaculture theskipper.ie/eu-commission-… via @SkipperEditor

‘As Clear as Mud’: SFPA Faces Oireachtas Reckoning theskipper.ie/as-clear-as-mu… via @SkipperEditor

Brussels Confirms EMFF Fuel Crisis Aid and State Aid for fishing fleets theskipper.ie/brussels-confi… via @SkipperEditor

New Shetland Course for Young People Seeking to Forge Career in Fishing Industry theskipper.ie/new-shetland-c… via @SkipperEditor

Fleets on the Edge: Fuel Crisis Continues to Ground Boats Across Ireland, the UK and Europe theskipper.ie/fleets-on-the-… via @SkipperEditor

UK Mackerel Industry Criticises MCS Rating theskipper.ie/uk-mackerel-in… via @SkipperEditor