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Maritime reading for the weekend on the SEASCAPES website blog: tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie A good read for maritime people in this island nation.

Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries/Maritime Affairs, ConorMcGuinness, writing in Marine Times newspaper says sea #fisheries #protection system in Ireland must be rebuilt with trust and a better system created.

The first woman to be appointed Administrator of the #Panama #Canal has been announced. Panama President José Raúl Mulino has appointed Ilya Espino de Marotta as the next administrator of the Canal, making her the first woman to lead one of the world’s most strategically important shipping points.

Irish Skipper Tom #Dolan has won the first leg of this year's French #Figaro Race. It is a resounding victory for him. A year ago in Vigo he had to abandon the Figaro due to injury while defending his title.

First international code for #unmanned #ships adopted by United Nations agency - Details on SEASCAPES Blog tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Fishing and Aquaculture Registered Vessel #Fuel Support Scheme to assist owners offset increased cost of fuel as a result of Middle East war has been opened by government to cover the months of March up to the end of July.". Applications close June 12. Contact: [email protected]

What's happening to the #fisheries Task Force? Listen to the #MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST at marinetimes.ie and read the June edition of the paper. In the shops now and online

An extraordinary story, little known, about the attempt to blow up the oldest #yacht club in the world.. the Royal #Cork.. in THE ECHO Cork's morning daily paper "Maritime Cork' column.

Irish Laser #sailor Finn Lynch from Carlow and National Yacht Club Dun Laoghaire won today's race on day three of the European Championships in Croatia. He is 7th overall heading into the final day of the series tomorrow.

EVERY WEEK IN THE ECHO CORK - MARITIME CORK COLUMN

Anglers are to be reduced to catching three Pollack a day under a new bye-law signed by Minister Timmy Dooley as Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, in response to scientific advice to support stock recovery. The bye-law comes into effect from June 1.

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Good Maritime reading this weekend on the Seascapes website blog: tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

THE ECHO Cork today.. What is the future for the beautiful River Lee?

Seascapes report - Controlling false flags in shipping. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

The May edition of SEASCAPES Podcast. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie and Podcast platforms Apple, Spotify, Acast, Marine Times

New Blogs on SEASCAPES Podcast website tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Paschal Hayes is to retire as Executive Chairperson of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority.

THE ECHO Cork today. Maritime Cork column.

Free archives and latest issue available for just €2 at www.marinetimes.ie (That's a tonne of reading for less than a litre of diesel or half a cup of take away coffee)

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THE ECHO Cork today Maritime Cork column

“The Government seems to be “utterly blind to what is being caught in Irish waters by factory vessels. That was the comment of the Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Conor McGuinness, today.

The RNLI today released statistics for last year showing that lifeboats across the island of Ireland launched 967 times at its 46 lifeboat stations, bringing 912 people to safety, 17 of whom were lives saved. 280 of those launches were carried out in the hours of darkness.

Seascapes..the Maritime website tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Great sailing revival by a determined group. afloat.ie/sail/sailing...

Marine Minister Timmy Dooley has announced that “in line with scientific advice, 72 rivers will be available for #salmon and sea #trout fishing this year, 40 open for ‘catch and release’ angling only.

The MARINE TIMES new FISHERIES PODCAST. Should there be a Fisheries #Ombudsman? Listen on marinetimes.ie

RNLI to reduce number of all-weather lifeboats. Read on SEASCAPES blog. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/rnli-to-reduce…

Ireland's maritime programme listening and reading this Easter holiday weekend at tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Ireland’s Laser #sailor Eve McMahon has won gold in the ILCA 6 class at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Regatta in Palma de Mallorca.The 22-year-old secured overall victory after six days of unpredictable conditions and tightly fought racing.

Wow. A lo' and behold moment of #enlightenment in Irish #government. THE IRISH TIMES front page lead story today reports that Dept of Enterprise has suggested "a strengthening of maritime domain awareness." At last.... awareness of ...THIS ISLAND NATION.

SEASCAPES, Ireland's maritime podcast, new edition issued today, Weds April 1. - Sea shanties, a new international maritime festival in Co.Cork; 80 years of sailing in Dungarvan Bay, helped by county hurlers. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

80 years of sailing in Waterford and the hurling connection.... afloat.ie/blogs/tom-ma...

My Maritime Cork column in THE ECHO today.

What seaweed can do tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/the-huge-poten…

#Dublin #Port has announced completion of remedial work on Great South Wall rock armour around iconic Poolbeg Lighthouse in €2.5 million project following significant damage during December’s Storm Bram. Replacemen/reinforcement of rock armour ensures operational resilience along shipping channel.

There is always something unusual in the sea. Searching for Angels. Seascapes Maritime Blog. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/searching-for-…

Strange.. Donald Trump seeks #minesweepers from other Navies for Strait of Hormuz while US sends two of its own specialised mine countermeasure vessels 3,000 miles away to Malaysia. #Seascapes Newsletter on Linked In.

Plenty of maritime reading for those with a marine interest - the SEASCAPES Blog on tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Inland #Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has announced Dr Eamonn Kelly as its new Chief Executive Officer for a five-year term. He will take up the position on April 13.

THE ECHO CORK today. 'Searching for #Angels ' will be debated at the national #diving conference this weekend in Nenagh.

The US market for #Irish #salmon exports has been re-opened. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reviewed previous decision and now found all of Ireland’s fisheries to be comparable to U.S. standards

The Port of #Cork and #Belfast Harbour have signed a 10-year MoU establishing a strategic partnership designed to accelerate the delivery of offshore wind energy and to boost cruise tourism across the island.

It is time that the Irish Government, using its position in the upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1, should very strongly make clear the way in which the EU has allowed bigger nations to exploit Irish waters and abuse the Irish fishing industry for very many years.

Cork solo sailor Jakub Ziemkiewicz sailing #185 BIBI has finished sixth overall in the MGR Mini Globe race around the world. He crossed the finish line this evening in Antigua ftom where the race had started in February of last year.

From this week on my website -IRELAND AND THE MARITIME WORLD —- helping to understand the #maritime world. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

Listening to #oysters. Could be a major Irish development for oyster-farming. The story in the MARCH edition of the #MARINE TIMES, the voice for Ireland's fishing and coastal communities. On sale in print and online now.