Survival and quality of brown crab depends on maintaining high standards along the supply chain
Survival and quality of brown crab depends on maintaining high standards along the supply chain
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The current status of Irish crab stocks
The current status of Irish crab stocks
Framework for shellfisheries
Framework for shellfisheries
Living on an offshore island: the challenges
Ireland’s offshore inhabited islands
Registered in 1994, Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann (COE) is the representative body of the inhabited offshore islands of Ireland and currently has 33 members in counties Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Limerick, Kerry, Cork as well as Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland.
“The principle aim of the federation is to develop island communities, especially with regard to social, economic and cultural aspects of island living, and to foster full island identity,” Mairéad O’Reilly, manager of Comhdhail Oileáin na hÉireann (COE) told Inshore Ireland.
Clare Island Survey Past & Present
A re-survey of Clare Island currently underway (first conducted by the Royal Irish Academy, 1909-1911) has completed 26 fieldwork studies encompassing five disciplines: archaeology; history and culture; botany; geology and zoology).
The survey is a major Academy venture, bringing together more than 100 experts from all over the island of Ireland and Europe to document changes in all aspects of the island’s heritage, environment, and biology.
The Clare survey team who conducted their first survey in 1909. Photo RIA
The survey provides a fresh baseline study using up-to-date methodology, and gives a comprehensive description of the island from its bedrocks to its biotic communities. The survey also traces the history of human occupation and the impact of human activity on Clare Island.
Irish maritime history sails by
Irish maritime history sails by
Residents say ‘no’ to seafront high rise
Residents say ‘no’ to seafront high rise
Threat to premier west coast shellfish ground
& Gery Flynn
All-inclusive participation required for management of Clew Bay. Photo Shay Fennelly
Shellfish producers in Clew Bay have told Inshore Ireland they are extremely concerned over proposals by Mayo County Council to discharge leachate from its Derrinumera landfill into Newport Bay.
“The proposed discharge point is less than half a mile from several native oyster beds in the estuary of one of the country’s finest salmon rivers, the Burrishoole,” Alan Stoney, secretary of the Clew Bay Oyster Co-operative said.
According to Stoney, the intended mechanism to render the effluent ‘safe’ is to dilute it sufficiently with the water in Clew Bay.
All-inclusive management required for Clew Bay
All-inclusive management required for Clew Bay