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Multi-Million Pound Investment To Ensure Industry Is Fit For 21st Century

Major development projects in Castletownbere, Howth and Killybegs have commenced

Minister Charlie McConalogue TD announced the award of €1 million in grants to 13 aquaculture enterprises under his Department’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme...

Kilmore Quay-based company Sofrimar has received €28,260 in grant funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme (EMFF). The money will be used for the trial and rental of equipment for converting waste products to powder for use in horticulture and is part of national funding worth than €1 million to nine seafood processing companies. Announcing the funding, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., I am very pleased to support these nine se...

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Marine Minister Addresses Inaugural Meeting of Seafood Sector Taskforce 10th March 2021 Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today addressed the inaugural meeting of the Seafood Sector Taskforce, established by the Minister to make recommendations on measures to mitigate the impacts on the Irish Fishing industry, and on the coastal communities that depend on fisheries, of the fish quo...

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. FAQs 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 busine...

Press release McConalogue announces €1 million in grants to support €4.9 million in new investments by eight seafood processing companies   The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced €4.9 million in new investment by eight seafood processing companies, with his department’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme providing grants of €1,011,184. The grants are co-funded by the Governme...

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. FAQs 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 busine...