Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland Directory 2019_digital edition

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Contributions: Donal Buckley Tara Chamberlain John Connaughton Richard Donnelly Niamh Doyle Lynn Gilmore Lee Hastie Elise Hjelle Fergal Keane Niall Madigan Donal Maguire Mo Mathies Peter McGroary Chris Mitchell Myles Mulligan Wiebke Schmidt Joe Silke Alex Wan

Minister Michael Creed on implementing the recommendations of the Aquaculture Licensing Review Group

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Donal Maguire: Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative recognises BIM’s Certified Quality Aquaculture Programme

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Donal Buckley: The Seafood Innovation Hub - where ideas are tested and developed into profitable business opportunities

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Fishermen’s Health Manual: Simple, practical advice on how to stay healthy and safe working on land and at sea

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Myles Mulligan: Recycling waste plastics from the fishing and aquaculture sectors

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John Connaughton: New Higher Diploma in Business in Aqua Business offered by the Institute of Technology Carlow Wexford Campus

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Mo Mathies: Irish seafood sector embraces sustainability through the Origin Green programme

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Richard Donnelly: ARC - the Aquaculture Remote Classroom - offering children a unique learning experience

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Bord Bia expands its reach into the lucrative Japanese market

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Lynn Gilmore: Government and industry aim to get more locally-sourced seafood on menus across Northern Ireland

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Peter McGroary: SFPA Sanitary Survey Programme providing assurance to seafood retailers and consumers

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Food Safety Authority of Ireland: Europe’s first, dedicated, consumer-orientated food-safety watchdog is 20 years old!

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Lee Hastie: PRIMROSE Project forecasts the risk and impact of Harmful Algal Blooms and microbial events in coastal waters

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Niall Madigan: A tribute to Richie Flynn, Executive Secretary of IFA Aquaculture for 22 years, who died in August 2018

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Alex Wan: Plant-based derivatives as a protein alternative to fish meal now widely used in commercial diets

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Triskell Seafood Ltd: Ireland’s premier live shellfish traders and retailers of professional clothing and equipment to the fishing and aquaculture sectors

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Fergal Keane: SEASCAPES - 30 years a favourite worldwide from RTE Radio

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PHARMAQ Analytiq: SmoltVision - a new tool determines how well smolts will tolerate seawater

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Substantial reduction in licensing backlog I

My Department is committed to a further 300 shellfish licence determinations this year. At the end of 2019 the backlog in shellfish licensing will effectively be eliminated and this will be a game changer for the shellfish industry in Ireland. It will provide the solid footing long demanded by industry representatives.

n recent years the Aquaculture industry in Ireland has continued to make significant progress.

The most recently available BIM survey data shows an overall increase in output from Irish aquaculture of 7% across all the species from 2016 to 2017.

In 2017 the industry produced approximately 47,000 tonnes of high value seafood. Not only did the volume of output increase, so did the value which reached â‚Ź208m at first point of sale at the end of 2017. This is a very impressive 24% increase from 2016. These figures reflect the growing global demand for seafood and the increased activity is a credit to all involved in the industry.

An important development in recent years was the publication in May 2017 of the Aquaculture Licensing Review Group Report. The Review, which I commissioned, was a detailed examination of the existing aquaculture licensing process. The Review Group undertook comprehensive stakeholder consultation and looked at comparative national and international consent systems to determine best practice for managing a complex licensing system in a transparent, environmentally appropriate and legally robust manner.

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In addition, my Department has already commenced measures to reduce the finfish backlog and these are set to intensify significantly.

Since receiving the Report of the Review Group my Department has engaged in detailed consideration of its recommendations with a view to their implementation, having regard to the legislative, environmental, technical and public interest issues that arise. The Department has also engaged closely with industry representatives and relevant State Agencies.

By far the most important and urgent recommendation of the

Review Group was to eliminate the backlog in aquaculture licensing. I made it a core priority last year to tackle this issue and as a result significant progress has been achieved. Evidence of this progress is in the form of 305 aquaculture licence determinations achieved in 2018. This represents an almost three-fold increase on yearly determinations and it has already resulted in a substantial reduction in the licensing backlog.

The importance of Ireland’s Aquaculture Industry to vulnerable coastal communities cannot be emphasised enough. Around the coast, over 14,000 people are employed, directly and indirectly, in the seafood sector. As well as employment, seafood is a key driver in economic activity, and in many cases is at the heart of the community.

I am very optimistic that Ireland’s Aquaculture Industry has a bright future and I wish all operators further success in the years ahead in your continuing efforts to produce high quality seafood.

Michael Creed T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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Irish Farmed Seafood receives prized international accolade!

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n February 20th 2019 The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) provided formal recognition of the BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme for Irish aquaculture products.

This highly prestigious GSSI recognition shows that the BIM Farm Standard (Issue 1, Revision 1, November 2018) is in alignment with all applicable Essential Components of the GSSI Global Benchmark Tool (version 1.0, 8 October 2015).

This is a great outcome for farmed Irish Seafood as it ‘future proofs’ the provenance of our products and gives our producers access to premium markets.

The BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme is only the eighth seafood certification scheme, and only the fourth aquaculture certification to be benchmarked against GSSI’s Global Benchmark Tool to achieve recognition. The BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme is also the first government run scheme to achieve this much sought after recognition.

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Environmental sustainability GSSI is a benchmark platform that brings partners together from across the seafood sector worldwide to share knowledge and drive change by coming up with solutions to challenges in the sector.

It was set up, under the aegis of the UN FAO to bring more clarity into the marketplace due to the growing number of seafood certification schemes and to ensure consumer confidence in certified seafood, helping to make purchasing decisions more efficient by offering greater choice and driving down costs, while at the same time promoting

environmental sustainability.

GSSI used a number of key reference documents as its basis. These included the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), the FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine/Inland Capture Fisheries and the FAO Technical Guidelines for Aquaculture Certification (FAO Guidelines) as the foundation to create a Global Benchmark Tool for seafood certification schemes.

Through its Global Benchmark Tool GSSI works towards its collective objective to minimise the overall environmental impact of how we catch, grow and deliver seafood to meet a growing global demand.

The GSSI Tool is made up of 3 parts: a Benchmark Process; a Benchmark Framework with Essential and Supplementary Components; and a Result.

Seafood Certification schemes must go through an exhaustive 7-step Benchmark Process to be recognised

by GSSI. The intention behind the Benchmarking exercise is for a seafood certification scheme to

achieve equivalence and public recognition by GSSI as meeting the benchmark standard.

In turn ,the holders of the BIM CQA standards gain added value from participation as a result of GSSI “equivalence” status and thus stay ahead of emerging market demands so as to allow them to “choose the right customers” and occupy the top value niches in the marketplace.

“This recognition shows that the BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme and their Farm Standard is in line with the FAO’s guidelines for aquaculture certification,” said Herman Wisse, Managing Director, GSSI. The GSSI Benchmark Tool also provides global alignment in seafood certification.

“GSSI recognition marks an important step for Ireland’s seafood sector and for the Irish aquaculture industry.

The endorsement of our Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative makes it one of four global aquaculture schemes that has achieved this standard for sustainable seafood.

Global standards are vital to help customers worldwide identify sustainable seafood, to ensure transparency and to help raise standards. We are increasingly operating in a global marketplace. GSSI recognition strengthens Ireland’s reputation as a leading producer of sustainable seafood,” said Jim O’Toole, CEO Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency.

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Environmental sustainable Safe The choice to establish production sites of best quality waters, away from major production areas as well as the geographic distribution of its 9 sites between the Channel, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea, allows Satmar to modulate and secure its production. The complementarity of Gatteville and Leucate hatcheries, located at more than 1000 km from each other, guarantees the safety of the product in case of any incident.

Satmar activity consists in the hatch and raise mainly of oysters, but also of clams. Satmar produces diploids and triploids oysters (GTS or by crossbreed), Japanese clams, in spats, pregrowing, and half-grown.

The entreprise has 9 sites on the French coastline, selected for the quality of their waters: Gatteville-Phare, Lestre, Chausey on the Channel; Landéda, Ile-Tudy, Bouin, Saint-Philibert, Saint-Just-Luzac on the Atlantic Ocean; Leucate on the Mediterranean Sea. Crédits photos : Satmar - shutterstock.com

Satmar is willing to preserve the essence of its products and to protect the biological balance of its production sites; therefore Satmar developed a production method without any antibiotics. This process is based on a sustainable production, less intensive than most hatcheries and on the geographic distribution of production sites. Satmar sites on Gatteville-Phare and Saint-Just-Luzac are certified AB Biological Agriculture.

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Growing your Business with the BIM Seafood Innovation Hub Donal Buckley, Director of Development & Innovation Services at BIM

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n BIM’s Seafood Innovation Hub, Clonakilty, a specialist team of business researchers, seafood technologists and business developers enable seafood enterprises test their ideas and develop into profitable business opportunities. The key to successful innovation is determining at an early stage if projects make financial sense – before significant investment is made.

During the last year, BIM’s Seafood Innovation Hub has developed a practical way for industry to carry out innovation and create higher margin business opportunities. The goal is simple, to solve challenges or market opportunities through the creation of profitable new offerings.

In the Seafood Innovation Hub, BIM looks to deliver value through the following criteria: Is there a significant client need or problem to be solved?

Is solving the need feasible?

Does the project significantly provide added value to the industry through any one of the following?

1. Expansion of the raw material base 2. Decreasing the cost of production or processing 3. Increasing the price at any stage of the value chain Good innovation requires both creativity and also a process to move an idea from concept stage to market.

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criteria to all innovation projects, be it a new technology, a new product or a new business model. To create real impact, successful innovations are desirable, feasible and make commercial sense.

Desirability or a market opportunity: a specialist seafood intelligence team in collaboration with Bord Bia provide clients with market insights, advice and challenge the client’s idea to uncover the best means of tackling the opportunity. Here, the focus is on deeply understanding the intended customer for your innovation and where the market demand is.

Feasibility: after the core concept is refined, it is then necessary to assess if it is technically feasible to implement the solution. BIM seafood technologists provide pilot testing and prototype solutions based on the client’s technical capabilities.

Commerciality: for innovation to be successful it must be financially viable. A BIM Commercial Officer supports the client in developing the detailed financials around the project including viability KPIs; NPV, %IRR and payback.

Innovation happens at the intersection of these three lenses, the sweet spot of innovation success.

Innovation Funding Supports

In addition to technical and advisory supports, BIM also provides a range of new funding grants to support growth and innovation across all sectors of Irish seafood.

BIM’s Seafood Innovation Hub is Ireland’s dedicated seafood centre and offers seafood clients an efficient and low cost way of testing new business ideas. Clients can access up to date market insights, pilot testing and commercial planning free of charge with only the need to pay for consumables and any third party costs.

• BIM Seafood Processing Innovation Scheme supports industry projects which add value, develop new products and process technology, business model and hire of third party innovation experts with up to 50% costs to a maximum spend of €200,000.

• BIM Seafood Scaling & New Market Development Scheme – BIM and Bord Bia partner to support companies’ market research, travel and expenses going to markets, participation at trade events with up to 40% of costs to a maximum spend of €40,000.

• BIM Knowledge Gateway Scheme supports knowledge, innovation and technology advancement in the aquaculture sector. Working with technical and research institutions to develop innovative products and investment in innovative

technology and trialling such technology under commercial conditions to improve performance and competitiveness whilst also assisting measures to improve long term environmental sustainability.

• BIM Seafood R&D Programme provides a means for industry to submit relevant R&D project proposals to be undertaken by BIM for the benefit of the sector as a whole. Projects are 100% funded by BIM and include byproduct utilisation, marine ingredients, technology transfer and digitalisation.

For queries on how BIM’s Seafood Innovation Hub can assist you, please contact your local BIM development officer, or Paul Ward at paul. ward@bim.ie (01-2144 125) or Aileen Deasy at aileen. deasy@bim.ie (01-2144 155).

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Fishermen’s Health Mo Mathies, Fisheries Technical and Sustainability Officer, BIM Banks, author and President of the European Men’s Health Forum.

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n 2009 Ireland became the first country to publish a National Men’s health Policy recognising the need for a specific focus on men’s health. While life expectancy overall has increased worldwide for males and females, Irish men have the second lowest life expectancy in the European Union, and on average, a life expectancy nearly 6 years younger than Irish women.

Sea fisheries can be a dangerous occupation and is recognised internationally as the most hazardous industry to work in. Surveys have shown that fishermen often suffer serious but avoidable accidents through fatigue, risk-taking and poor physical condition. Simply being at sea increases the risk of accidents due to factors such as sea conditions, weather and boat equipment.

Therefore, looking after your physical and emotional wellbeing is one of the most important things you can do to ensure your safety while at sea.

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Whether you are fishing on the Porcupine, setting lobster pots off the coast of Howth, harvesting mussels in Roaring Water Bay or turning oyster bags in Lough Swilly, BIM would like to encourage everyone engaged in the seafood industry to take some time to read the handbook. Keep a copy on your vessel, in your canteen, pinned to your notice board or download it from the BIM publications website.

fishing industry on all aspects of crew training, including Sea Survival, ManOver-Board, Fire Fighting, Helicopter Rescue, and Abandon Ship procedures. BIM also provides training that includes how to correctly wear PPE, such as their SOLAS abandon ship lifejacket, Personal Flotation Device (PFD) and ear protectors.

Kate O’Flahery, Head of Health and Wellbeing at the Department of Health commented: “Healthy Ireland is a Government-led initiative which aims to create an Irish society where everyone can enjoy physical and mental health, and where wellbeing is valued and supported at every level of society.

Health Manual

A crew member in good health is better prepared to react effectively to the difficult conditions and demanding tasks that working at sea presents. As life onboard depends on the crew’s ability to work as a team, supporting the personal health of each crew member is critical for the overall safety of the vessel.

BIM’s Fishermen’s Health Manual offers simple and practical advice on keeping healthy, both at sea and on land across a range of topics. Direct and engaging language is used

to encourage as wide a readership as possible. This guide should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.

“All fishing gear comes with a manual. The machinery is tough, it has to be considering the environment in which it has to work.

Fishermen are also tough for the same reasons but there was no manual for maintenance. Well now there is, and hopefully fishermen will stay healthy no matter what those deep waters throw at them,” says Dr Ian

Healthy Ireland welcome the publication of BIM’s Fisherman’s Health Manual, which addresses specific health issues involved in the Irish seafood and fishing industry. Fishing is a challenging profession and having access to detailed and practical advice will empower fishermen in Ireland to make changes, and particularly as the guide is accessible in five languages.”

Recognising the diversity on board Irish vessels the manual is also available in Irish, Arabic, Malay, Russian and Spanish. If any of your crew would like to receive the manual in any of these languages, please contact BIM on 01 214 4100 or email mo.mathies@bim.ie and we will gladly send you copies.

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Recycling waste plastics from the seafood sector Myles Mulligan, Technical Officer, BIM

BIM has acquired a mobile shredding unit under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to process plastic wastes from the fishing and aquaculture industries. The shredder allows items including trawl nets, salmon cage nets, mussel floats and oyster bags to be shredded and compacted for easier transportation, storage and recycling.

The custom-built unit was designed and built in Northern Ireland by Ulster Shredders Ltd of Magherafelt. (http://www. ulstershredders.com)

“We are delighted to be involved in this highprofile initiative”, says Ulster Shredders’ managing director, Elliot Martin.

“We had to make some significant modifications to the U-45 shredder to contribute to its mobility.

Once it is positioned on the quayside, it is powered by a generator on the low loader which makes the machine a ‘stand-alone’ unit”.

Both shredder and generator can be transported on a flatbed 4-axle truck with a remote controlled 55 tonne/m telescopic crane.

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the setting up on site and the moving of the bagged material to a closed storage point.

Just under ten tonnes of nets were processed with steel from the warps being separated and sent for recycling. Five bags of shredded nets were recovered giving approximately 2.5 tonnes of recyclable plastic material.

Each port has a different arrangement for recycling but usually half of the proceeds are donated to the RNLI. The shredder accepts a range of hard and soft plastic

wastes such as polyethylene netting, most hard floats, polypropylene ropes, fish boxes, nylon cage net frames, hard plastic equipment, plastic boats, mussel barrel floats and oyster bags.

For example, in the case of a typical whitefish trawl, once the reusable floats and other accessories are removed the netting can be ‘stripped’ off the head ropes, foot ropes and where the selvedge has been completed with nylon or polyester twines.

The resulting clumps of clean mesh of a manageable weight are then stored in an on-board receptacle or the

Shredding mussel floats on Roscoe Pier, Killary Harbour in July 2018. From L-R: Patrick Faherty (mussel farmer); John Bell (GreenMarine); Pat Lydon (mussel farmer); Myles Mulligan (BIM); Michael Murphy (GreenMarine); Mary Hannan (BIM); and back right, Killian Murphy (GreenMarine)

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Higher Diploma in Business

in AQUABUSINESS This course is designed to cater for those looking to enter management roles in Aquabusiness, Aquaeconomics, financial or regulatory roles in R&D or in a seafood processing company. The course may also appeal to those looking to start an Aquabusiness company or expand an existing company into new markets.

COURSE CONTENT Developed in partnership with Board Iascaigh Mhara (BIM – Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency), this programme offers modules in: — Aquabusiness Environment

Open to candidates from the SEAFOOD INDUSTRY including fisheries, aquaculture & seafood processing

— Law and Regulation for Aquabusiness

Supported by:

— Strategic and Innovation Management

• Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation (ISEFPO)

— Financial Management and Planning — Marketing Management in Aquabusiness

• Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO)

— Work Placement or Work Based Project

• Women in Fisheries Network (WIFN)

COURSE FEES 2019-2020 €2,500, however fees could be reduced if paid in full before 6th September 2019 and if candidates are successful in securing fundings assists.

For information on course content and applications please contact:

Applications are invited on the BIM grants portal www.bim.flexigrant.com for European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) assistance towards the cost of this programme. Grant aid of 50% of course fees and learner support costs are available for individuals in the sector.

Brian O’Loan BIM Email: aquabus@bim.ie Mobile: 087 2626578

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS — NFQ Level 7 or level 8 Award or equivalent in a related discipline.

— Candidates who do not have a Level 7 or higher award but have other relevant industry experience may be eligible for the programme through RPL. Candidates may be required to attend an interview.

COURSE DELIVERY This course will take place every fortnight on Fridays and on Saturdays from 10-4pm over the academic year.

Location: Institute of Technology Carlow, Wexford Campus, Summerhill Road, Wexford Course Start: Friday, 13th September 2019 Closing date for applications: Friday, 30th August 2019

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Dr Janette Davies Deputy Head Wexford Campus IT Carlow Email: janette.davies@itcarlow.ie Phone: 053 9185808

“I recommend anyone working in the Aquaculture industry in management to engage with this programme, it is very comprehensive, relevant and practical. I will encourage all future employees to do this course if they do not have a business background.”

Mag Kirwan – Goatsbridge Trout Farm

EUROPEAN UNION This measure is part-financed by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

BIM storage bags supplied for landing to an onshore storage area.

Interest in the recycling of industry plastics began in 2003 when BIM conducted an environmental awareness campaign. In 2006 BIM, along with the then DCMNR and PETLON UK Recycling Group, began a state-funded project in Dunmore East developing a system whereby monofilament waste netting was collected, baled and eventually recycled.

Further progress took place in 2007 with a more permanent and economical transfer centre: Green Marine Recycling Transfer Facility in Tramore, Co Waterford.

To date, circa 500,000kg of nylon waste material has been collected from Irish and visiting fleets.

In 2012 BIM, Green Marine Recycling and GEOLINE Lining Systems Ireland, joined forces with Centriforce to develop a pilot project for recycling polyethylene nets and related items such as rope and twine.

In 2016 the large quantities of stored polyethylene-based trawls and industry equipment around the coast were targeted in a collective project coordinated by BIM along with the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Donegal County Council, Wexford County Council and the Clogherhead Development Group.

187 metric tonnes of bulk polyethylene-based gears and equipment

Custom-built shredder from Ulster Shredders Ltd, Magherafelt, Co. Derry

Sample products already manufactured from recycled polyethylene pellet from the Irish seafood sector

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was processed, extracting approximately 74,000kg of marketable polyethylene feedstock.

To address logistical difficulties and transport costs, BIM explored having a dedicated mobile shredder to increase the amount of material per cubic metre contributing to leaner logistics. Similar efforts were made to assess the polymer content of the

packaging and galley wastes with consideration given to the use of high density polypropylene mini balers, suitable for operation in marine environments, to compact the polymer waste streams onboard fishing vessels.

This work now forms part of the Clean Oceans Initiative launched by Minister Creed in January at Union Hall, Co Cork.

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Education brings net gains for Irish seafood sector John Connaughton, Training Services Manager at BIM

Standing L-R: Dr Janette Davies, Deputy Head, Wexford Campus IT Carlow; John Connaughton, Training Services Manager, BIM; Dr Karen Hennessy, Head, Wexford Campus IT Carlow; David Denieffe, Registrar, Institute of Technology Carlow. Seated L-R: Jim O’Toole, Chief Executive Officer, BIM; Dr. Patricia Mulcahy, President, Institute of Technology Carlow.

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the international seafood sector.

This is according to international fisheries and aquaculture expert Dr. Sigurður Grétar Bogason who has more than 30 years of industry and academic research experience in

Dr. Bogason was speaking at the official launch at Wexford County Council offices of the Higher Diploma in Business in Aquabusiness at Institute of Technology Carlow Wexford Campus, a new academic programme tailored for the next generation of seafood producers, managers and entrepreneurs. The course is the only Level 8 programme of its kind in the country and is a

quipping the Irish seafood sector with the proper and relevant skills in business, financial management, marketing, law and innovation is essential to its sustainability and growth in a post-Brexit era.

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collaboration between Institute of Technology Carlow, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and IFA Aquaculture.

“In Iceland, there are now three universities delivering programmes for the seafood sector, one of which, in the north of the country, is a three-year degree course.

Most of the movers and shakers in the seafood sector are graduates of this programme”, said Dr. Bogason.

“Now with BREXIT looming ahead and increasing concerns about how trade will fare in the changed environment, companies in the seafood sector have started to prepare own scenarios and are putting strategies in place to meet any upcoming challenges.

Equipping the sector with the education and skills it needs is essential to the realisation of a strong and sustainable seafood sector that can meet whatever challenges lie ahead”.

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The Higher Diploma in Business in Aquabusiness aims to expand Ireland’s global seafood sector.

According to BIM’s recently published Business of Seafood report, the seafood industry in Ireland currently employs more than 14,000 people and the Government policy document Harnessing Our Ocean’s Wealth 2012 highlights training as essential to the continued growth of the sector. Designed to assist producers, managers and entrepreneurs, the programme has strong links with industry and includes lectures, work placement, guest lecturers and site visits.

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offices, Dr. Janette Davies, Deputy Head of Wexford Campus and who is course director of the Higher Diploma in Business in Aquabusiness at Institute of Technology Carlow Wexford Campus said, “The Higher Diploma in Business in Aquabusiness is the only Level 8 programme of its kind in the country. Its content is the result of collaboration with our industry partners, BIM and IFA Aquaculture, to ensure it is specifically tailored for the needs of the seafood sector and its pioneering nature means that we have students travelling the length and breadth of the country to participate in this programme at Institute of Technology Carlow Wexford Campus.”

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BIM said, “The Diploma in Business in Aquabusiness being launched today forms part of BIM’s wider education and skills strategy and will help to future-proof Ireland’s burgeoning seafood sector.

Last year the Irish seafood sector recorded its third consecutive year of growth, with its value up 6.4% on the previous year, to contribute €1.15 billion to Ireland’s GDP. It’s vital that men and women working in Ireland’s seafood sector are equipped with the right set of skills and knowledge.

The continued success of the sector is dependent on having a skilled workforce.”

Kate Dempsey, managing director of Irish Mussel Seed Company recently awarded Best Young Entrepreneur by the Wicklow Enterprise Office and BIM Student of the year, is amongst

the first graduates of the programme H. Dip in Business in Aquabusiness at the Wexford Campus.

Speaking at the launch, she said, “As an entrepreneur you must have a good understanding of all aspects of your business - marketing, finance, economics, law and strategic innovation. The H. Dip in Business in Aquabusiness has increased my understanding in all of these areas and enabled me to confidently promote and develop Irish Mussel Seed Company in a positive way.

I believe this course will be instrumental in the creation of some of the future leaders of the aquaculture and fisheries industries who will undoubtedly compete globally with the same confidence that I have gained from from the course”.

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Origin Green in the Irish Seafood Sector Mo Mathies, Fisheries Technical and Sustainability Officer, BIM

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rigin Green is Ireland’s national programme for sustainable food and drinks production.

Launched in 2012 by Bord Bia, this voluntary programme brings together Ireland’s food industry – from farmers to food producers, retailers to foodservice operators – with the common goal of sustainable food production. It enables the industry to set and achieve measurable sustainability targets that respect the environment and serve local communities more effectively.

To become a verified member of Origin Green, companies have to sign up to the relevant Origin Green Charter and develop a company-specific sustainability plan. This plan identifies a baseline across the areas of raw material supply, resource efficiency and social sustainability. From the baseline, each company identifies continual improvement opportunities and sets targets across the duration of the plan, usually five years. All Origin Green sustainability plans are independently verified

by Mabbett, a third-party agency, and monitored on an annual basis through independently verified progress reporting.

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The Irish seafood sector has embraced the Origin Green sustainability programme since its inception. The first Irish seafood processing company was verified in December 2012, while the first primary aquaculture producers were verified in 2015. To date, around 60 seafood companies have become verified Origin Green members. The development of the Origin Green sustainability plans

by Irish seafood processors has improved their environmental performance in relation to energy usage, waste reduction and water efficiency.

The high rate of Origin Green membership within the Irish seafood sector demonstrates a commitment to sustainability throughout the entire seafood value chain. Fishermen, fish farmers and processors have all acquired green credentials through a multitude of BIM’s sustainability programmes.

Independent certification

Sustainability initiatives target the entire seafood value chain, from vessels and fish farms to food production and retail. At primary level, certification to standards

such as the Responsibly Sourced Seafood Standard (RSS) for wild catch and the Certified Quality Aquaculture Standard - both internationally recognised to ISO 17065 ensure the sustainability of the raw material through independently certified management practices.

Ireland has launched a government-backed programme of Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) to demonstrate Ireland’s commitment to sustainable fisheries to complement the sustainability elements of the RSS. FIPs are a globally recognised means of assessing fisheries and identifying actions to improve their management and sustainability.

BIM’s Green Seafood Business Programme was established in 2012. To date it has assisted over thirty seafood companies at secondary level to achieve significant cost savings and efficiencies in areas including water usage, energy efficiency, transport and waste management.

The seafood processing industry, in particular, has embraced this programme.

The ability to improve efficiencies in these areas presents a great opportunity to reduce resource consumption and emissions while increasing profits.

The environmental, economic and social sustainability of the Irish seafood sector is central to BIM’s strategy (BIM’s Statement of Strategy 2018-2020 Enabling Sustainable Growth). BIM recognises how crucial the careful management and conservation of Ireland’s natural capital is to the continued sustainability of the Irish seafood sector.

Current sustainability initiatives are diverse and far-ranging and include: research in gear technology; certification and stock management; energy and waste management to stewardship of the natural environment; continually improving measures by implementing management systems and achieving voluntary standards.

If you would like more information on BIM supports for Origin Green, please contact a member of the BIM Origin Green team: Grainne Devine – Aquaculture Development – grainne.devine@bim.ie Sandra Hennessy – Green Seafood Business Programme – sandra. hennessy@bim.ie Mo Mathies – Fisheries Development – mo.mathies@bim.ie

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THE ARC Bord Iascaigh Mhara has developed the ARC, Aquaculture Remote Classroom, as part out its involvement in the EU Commission Farmed in the EU Project.

Farmed in the EU aims to highlight the benefits of aquaculture as an industry that produces fresh sustainable seafood, creates employment and helps sustain rural communities. Across ten countries, the project is bringing schools and aquaculture professionals together to help students learn about the sector and its impact on the local community and beyond.

Mobile

classroom

The ARC is a mobile classroom which has been designed to raise young people’s awareness of aquaculture. The ARC is literally a truck-sized classroom which travels throughout Ireland to bring the story 20

Richard Donnelly, Aquaculture Business Planning Manager at BIM of aquaculture directly to schools.

The classroom is fully equipped to provide visitors with an interactive and engaging experience with large screen displays, VR headsets and hands-on group activities. Through active learning, pupils learn about aquaculture, explore its role in food production and in preserving the environment, and discover how it affects their local community.

BIM is delighted to have Amy Geraghty and Áine O’Donnell as the tutors who are delivering the programme to schools nationwide.

Amy completed her PhD in Marine Biology at University College Cork in 2018, while Áine recently completed a Masters in Nutritional Science.

Together they have been working with BIM and H2 Learning, who are managing the project to help devise a unique learning experience for

pupils. The ARC experience is divided into four parts, each including an interactive presentation followed by a hands-on activity for pupils. The activities have been developed to reinforce learning through inquiry, solving problems, group work and active learning.

The ARC experience addresses strands of the of SESE Science, SESE Geography and SPHE Education curricula.

The ARC will visit schools during term time and throughout the summer season will be a regular at seafood festivals around the Irish coast.

It is hoped that the educational experience of the ARC project coupled with BIM’s /Fáilte Ireland’s campaign, Taste the Atlantic, Irish aquaculture will continue to grow and flourish around our coastline.

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BIM National Seafood Awards 2018 The biennial BIM National Seafood Awards recognises people, partnerships and businesses throughout Ireland’s seafood sector under the headings of Innovation, Sustainability, Competitiveness and Skills. The Awards, dedicated to recognising the achievements of individuals and businesses revolutionising the Irish seafood sector under the key themes of Sustainability, Innovation Competitiveness and Skills were held in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral on November 27, 2018.

Two 2018 sustainability category winners are also members of Origin Green.

Category: Best

in

Sustainable Aquaculture

Winner: Marine Harvest Ireland, County Donegal Marine Harvest is the world’s leading producer of Irish organic salmon.

BIM National Seafood Awards celebrate the role of women in the Irish seafood sector Veteran seafood professional Margaret Downey-Harrington from Castletownbere was honoured for her contribution to the Irish seafood industry at the BIM National Seafood Awards. Margaret’s career has spanned more than 60 years; she is a founding member of Mná na Mara, the first national network for women in fisheries. The awards included finalists from fishing, aquaculture, seafood processing and seafood retail.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD attended the awards and said: “The strong focus on sustainability, innovation and upskilling within Ireland’s seafood sector is help-ing businesses to connect with the vast and diverse market opportunities throughout the world. The demand for seafood and moreover for high quality seafood places Ireland in prime position. The wom-en and men being honoured are the driving force behind the successes of the industry. Because of them the ambitious targets set out in Food Wise 2025 look set to being achieved.”

High

standard

The biennial awards are dedicated to recognising the achievements of individuals and businesses rev-olutionising the Irish seafood sector.

BIM CEO Jim O’Toole said: “BIM’s ambition is for Ireland to be-come a global leader in sustainable seafood. Over 14,500 work in the sector.

It contributes €1.15 bil-lion to our economy and is vital to many of our coastal communities. The winners demonstrate the commitment and consistently high standard that’s driving the reputation of Irish seafood in Ireland and internationally.”

Sustainability

achievements:

• Secured its first Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification for its Deenish marine farm in County Kerry.

• Achieved a 68% drop in greenhouse gas emissions per tonne when compared to the 2013 baseline figure.

• Launched a wellbeing programme covering healthy eating, physical fitness improvement, smoking cessation, and mindfulness. In 2017, 41.6% of the total workforce participated in the Employee Wellbeing programme.

Category: Best

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Winner: Connemara Seafoods Ltd, County Mayo Connemara Seafoods is Ireland’s leading cultivator & producer of fresh, frozen, freeze chilled, pasteurised and organic seafood products with over 150 years’ experience in the seafood business.

Sustainability

achievements:

• Introduced an effective energy management plan including natural water harvesting systems.

• Developed an in-house software system allowing for the tracking of raw material and production data which is available to their partner suppliers to optimise their individual operations.

• Developed an advanced waste system resulting in new products from seafood waste streams.

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BIM Best Student winner Kate Dempsey completed a higher diploma in Aquabusiness in IT Carlow ear-lier this year. She is Director of Irish Mussel Seed Company and has recently established an aquacul-ture analytics company.

The Awards included four categories to reflect BIM’s strategic priorities; Innovation, Sustainability, Competitiveness and Skills.

The trophies for BIM’s National Seafood Awards carried the theme of sustainability and were made using the fish sculptures from the BIM Sustainable Seafood Garden, overall winner at Bloom earlier this year.

RIGHT: Kate Dempsey, Irish Seed Mussel Company, BIM Best Student Award winner pictured with Jim O’Toole, CEO, BIM; and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. LEFT: Jim O’Toole, CEO, BIM; and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. pictured with BIM Lifetime Achievement award winner, Margaret Downey-Harrington of Castletownbere

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Bord Bia expands its reach into the Japanese market Bord Bia – The Irish Food Board – has identified Japan as a growth market for Irish seafood exports.

Seafood exports to this market reached 16 million tonnes in 2018 - up 60% on 2016 - with mackerel the key species exported, accounting for 50% of total seafood exports; exports of horse mackerel grew by 65% between 2017 and 2018. Japan is now Ireland’s second largest market for Irish horse mackerel and third largest market for Irish mackerel.

In recognition of the potential for growth in Japan, Bord Bia has invested in ‘feet on the street’ resources since early 2018 to increase its physical presence, to support pelagic and other seafood categories and to 22

identify opportunities in this market.

According to Karen Devereux, Sector Manager Seafood with Bord Bia, “Ireland is a trading nation and the seafood industry is an important part of our export strategy. In 2018 we exported around €570m worth of seafood (excluding seaweed, fish fats/oils and fish meal) to more than 70 markets around the world, with Japan an increasingly important destination.

In support of the Irish seafood sector in developing business in this market, Bord Bia has undertaken a number of initiatives over the last six months in an effort to grow sales further. In March, Bord Bia brought the taste of Irish seafood to the attention of Japanese

consumers through its 3rd annual promotion with the leading retail group, Aeon.

In partnership with Aeon, Bord Bia promoted a range of four Irish mackerel, horse mackerel and herring products in 100 Aeon retail outlets across Japan. The range of Irish pelagic products on sale were sampled in all 100 stores during a campaign which ran from March 15th to 17th, and aimed to raise awareness of the quality and sustainability credentials of seafood from Ireland.

Tasting

programme

To support the tasting programme, Bord Bia developed a range of point-of-sale material to help Japanese consumers identify and recognise

Above: Ireland stand at the Tokyo Seafood Show in August 2018

the origin of the products in-store. An Irish seafood leaflet was available in all stores to help educate Japanese consumers about the unique attributes of Irish seafood.

The promotion launch was attended by the Irish Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms. Josepha Madigan T.D. who said: “We are delighted once again to work in close partnership with this important retail customer in Japan to help raise awareness about the high quality seafood we have available from Ireland and the unrivalled sustainability credentials that govern our production. We know that Aeon is increasing its commitments to certified sustainable production

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visiting a range of other Irish seafood exporters around the coast.

Tokyo

office

During the last three years, Bord Bia has also invested in the co-ordination of an Ireland Pavilion at the Japan International Seafood and Technology Expo in Tokyo.

This is the leading seafood trade show in Japan and gives the Irish seafood sector an excellent platform to promote their products to the Japanese seafood trade and to meet target customers on a one-to-one basis.

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jospeha Madigan T.D. and Paul Kavanagh Irish Ambassador to Japan at the Tokyo Seafood Show in August 2018

systems all the time and this plays to the strengths of our Irish pelagic exporters who have been very proactive in achieving and surpassing these expectations through Bord Bia’s Origin Green sustainability programme.

We look forward to working with Aeon to further grow sales of a range of Irish seafood products in the future and we thank them for their on-going support” A new addition to the promotion this year was the involvement of Guinness who promoted their beer products in conjunction with Irish seafood in Aeon’s liquor outlets. Across 50 of these outlets, they allowed Japanese consumers to sample Irish Guinness and mirin-marinated Irish pelagic fish on St. Patrick’s Day. Guinness also sent

their ambassadors to conduct the promotions and to run consumer seminars in the bar areas.

New

market

opportunities

This retail promotion is a key element in Bord Bia’s trade development programme, focused on identifying new market opportunities for the Irish seafood sector. Further promotions of this nature are planned by Bord Bia for the second half of 2019.

Other marketing initiatives undertaken by Bord Bia in this market included the coordination of an inward journalist itinerary in November 2018 from the Suisan Keizai Daily News Company, Japan’s largest seafood/fishery trade/industry newspaper which features up-to-date

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international seafood market trends, government policies, Japanese private sector movements and activity highlights.

The company has six local branch offices in Japan and two in overseas markets - Seattle, Washington and Busan, South Korea. The editor of this newspaper travelled to Ireland for a week long itinerary visiting eight Irish seafood processors. This visit resulted in a series of ten individual articles profiling Irish seafood processors and the main exporters to Japan which gave fantastic coverage and helped to raise the profile of Irish seafood in this market.

Such was the success of the visit that the editor will return to Ireland in May for another week long itinerary

Bord Bia intends to have a presence at this trade event again in 2019 demonstrating its ongoing commitment to this market. To further raise awareness about Ireland as a destination for quality seafood, Bord Bia is developing a B2C campaign in Japan to coincide with our presence at the Japanese seafood show. This campaign will aim to educate Japanese consumers about the quality and taste credentials of Irish seafood and encourage them to seek out Irish seafood products in-store.

In addition, and as a reflection of the prioritisation of the Japanese market for Irish food and drink exports, Bord Bia recently opened an office in Tokyo to identify new sales opportunities for Irish industry and to work closely with customers in this market to raise the profile of Irish food and drink. Office manager in Tokyo, Joe Moore is very excited at the prospect of working with the Irish seafood sector in developing new business for Irish exporters in Japan.

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New drive to promote Northern Irish seafood

Seafood industry guests at the launch of the MaSTE project. L to R: Malachy Mallon (Dolphin, Dungannon); Alan Hanna (National Federation of Fish Fryers); Harry Wick (NIFPO); Martin Flanigan (Cross Border Aquaculture Initiatve); Ian Hunter (Belfast Cookery School); Dr John Speers (DAERA) and Dr Lynn Gilmore (Seafish).

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drive to get more people in Northern Ireland eating locally-sourced seafood has been launched thanks to a partnership between Government, the seafood industry and local colleges.

Funding of almost £95,000 has been awarded to Seafish, the public body supporting the £10bn UK seafood industry, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. The funding is to support an innovative “Marketing Seafood Through

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Education” initiative, known as MaSTE, and is the first of its kind in the UK. The project aims to get more local seafood on menus across Northern Ireland by working with catering colleges and home economics teachers to improve seafood knowledge and skills. This ‘bottom-up’ approach to marketing seafood will see over 600 student chefs and 400 home economics teachers and Chef Lecturers trained over the next two years.

It will be delivered through Seafood Masterclasses using locally- sourced seafood,

providing information on preparation, quality, cookery, responsible sourcing, economics, seasonality, availability & the local seafood industry.

The masterclasses will be taught by the skilled seafood chefs and experts of the Mourne Seafood Bar and Belfast Cookery School and delivered both in the Cookery School and in colleges across Northern Ireland.

Freshness Quality

and

Speaking at the launch of the project at the Belfast

Cookery School, Dr Lynn Gilmore, Seafish NI Manager said “People should be eating two portions of fish a week as part of a healthy diet but there is a mystery around seafood and many people are unsure of how to prepare, handle or cook it. There is also widespread confusion about how to identify freshness and quality. This, alongside the relatively high cost of seafood and concerns around waste, are further potential barriers to chefs having a wider seafood offering on restaurant menus.

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“With restaurants being the place where many consumers try new foods it is imperative that to promote local seafood, local chefs and trainee chefs get the necessary training to ensure cooking a piece of fish or lobster comes as naturally as roasting a chicken.”

The project will be run by the Belfast Cookery School and managed and overseen

by Seafish Northern Ireland and the Seafish Northern Ireland Advisory Committee.

It will be delivered in partnership with all the local catering colleges to train both student chefs and provide CPD classes to college chef lecturers.

The CCEA (Council for Curriculum, Examinations

& Assessment) will ensure classes are also made available to Home Economics teachers from across Northern Ireland.

Bob McCoubrey who is a partner in the Mourne Seafood Bar and Cookery School and a marine biologist by trade said: “We are delighted to partner with Seafish, DAERA and local colleges and schools on this fantastic project and to help to promote the amazing local seafood upon which we have built our business. The classes we deliver will focus on practical skills and provide the knowledge needed to ensure a new generation of talented seafood chefs across Northern Ireland, as well as bringing greater

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awareness of fish into many homes in Northern Ireland.”

Dr John Speers, Head of Marine and Fisheries in DAERA said: “This innovative approach of Marketing Seafood Through Education

is one that my Department fully supports. We hope the participants of this project leave the masterclasses well versed on the quality of local seafood and knowledgeable about how best to serve it in their future careers.”

Seafish is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), set up by the Fisheries Act 1981, and is funded by a levy on the first sale of seafood in the UK. We cover the seafood industry from catch to plate providing facts, stats, research, a range of business and industry support tools and have a big focus on promoting seafood to consumers.

Our vision is for a UK seafood industry that is truly thriving and we believe seafood is the way forward for business, communities, sustainability and for personal health and wellbeing.

Watch our film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecz-hy86ras Visit our website www.seafish.org or follow us on Twitter @seafishUK

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Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority’s Sanitary Survey Programme supporting safety of Ireland’s seafood sector Peter McGroary, Sea-Fisheries Protection Officer, Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority

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ith the world eating more fish than ever before, and a forecast that consumption will increase to 30 kilos per person by 2030, opportunities abound for the development of the Irish seafood industry.

In addition to growth at home, the increasing number of markets in Europe and across the world where Irish products can now be found is evidence of Ireland’s growing reputation for producing superior shellfish. Robust confidence in the quality and safety of Irish seafood underpins this reputation, with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority’s (SFPA) Sanitary Survey Programme playing an important role in providing the assurance that retailers, hospitality businesses and consumers require.

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The SFPA’s programme, which is required under EU legislation, focusses on Classified Production Areas around Ireland and involves the identification of potential sources of microbiological contamination of bivalve mollusc harvesting areas and an assessment of the likely impact of the sources on the quality of the fisheries.

It provides an overview of pollution influences and, consequently, a scientific basis for the subsequent establishment of representative sampling points and a sampling plan. This in turn is the basis of the Microbiological monitoring programme of Classified Shellfish production areas, and the results from such programmes are used

in the annual review of Classifications.

Earlier this year, the SFPA awarded a contract to environmental specialists,

Aquafact International Services, to commence a collaborative project implementing sanitary surveys of a number of shellfish production areas

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in Ireland. Ten different bay areas will be surveyed, nine of which are already currently classified shellfish production areas whilst one is a potentially new production area.

Pollution

source

This initial tranche of areas have a countryside distribution and stretch around the coast to include Drumcliff, Sligo Harbour, Gweedore, Ballinakill, Roaringwater Bay, Dungarvan, Kinsale, Killary, Ballylongford and Gormanstown. Ireland as a whole plays host to 58 existing classified bivalve mollusc production areas with the extent and range of each production area varying substantially.

Species for which

classifications have been issued include oysters, mussels, razor clams, scallops and surf clams.

The initial part of a sanitary survey consists of a desktop study to identify all known sources of both human and animal organic pollutants in the catchment of the production area.

The shellfish fishery, both farmed and wild, will be characterised with regard to species, locations, seasonality of harvest and harvesting techniques etc. In addition, the hydrography of the production area will also be examined and characterised with regard to the circulation of pollutants identified.

The desktop element is also being supported by a ‘boots on the ground’ approach with the SeaFisheries Protection Authority staff verifying the pollution source locations as discovered during the desktop study with any previously unidentified sources also being described and mapped. This will involve surveying the whole of the production area either on foot or by boat and may also include sampling of discharges and shellfish.

It is anticipated that a second tranche of classified production areas will be prepared for surveying later in the year with the process being rolled out to include all

shellfish production areas in due course.

The SFPA welcomes the involvement of shellfish producers within the areas identified for sampling, and encourage any shellfish farmer who may have relevant information to contact the seafood safety team on sfpafoodsafety@ sfpa.ie. More information on classification of shellfish production areas can be found at sfpa.ie/SeafoodSafety/ Shellfish and on Sanitary Surveys in the guidance document: “Code of Practice for the Microbiological Monitoring of Bivalve Mollusc Production Areas” located at sfpa.ie/ SeafoodSafety/Shellfish/ GuidanceDocuments.

SAFE SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the independent statutory body, legally charged with the State’s sea-fisheries law enforcement functions. The Authority enforces the EU Common Fisheries Policy and seafisheries law generally and food safety law relating to fish and fishery products.

The SFPA is strongly committed to playing its part in ensuring a strong future for the Irish fishing industry, working in consultation with all stakeholders. Ireland has a safe, innovative fishing industry that is recognised and respected worldwide, while its fish products are acknowledged globally as healthy and nutritious foods.

Robust confidence in an effective regulatory service plays a key role in maintaining that reputation and in ensuring fair and sustainable usage of a shared marine resource for which many compete. Good regulation is required to protect it and ensure fish for future generations as well as ensuring consumers worldwide can enjoy Irish seafood safely.

Telephone: +353 (0)23 8859300 Confidential Line: 1890 767676 www.sfpa.ie

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Food Safety Authority of Ireland - the first consumer-oriented agency of its kind in Europe - celebrates 20 years of innovation T

he Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and two decades on, familiarity has partially dimmed the innovation that Europe’s first, dedicated, consumer-oriented, food safety agency represented.

The trail blazed by the FSAI has since been well trodden by other countries seeking to emulate Ireland’s model of food safety and consumer protection. That such organisations are ubiquitous is a testament to the foresightedness of the original decision to establish the FSAI. In the intervening years, the FSAI has consistently maintained its innovative reputation, both nationally and internationally. Many of the initiatives it launched, which at the time seemed risky, have subsequently become customary; what is now regarded as routine was once regarded as radical.

One example of “radicalas-routine” is stakeholder engagement.

Previously, the idea that stakeholders, including those both directly and indirectly affected by a regulator’s decisions, would be given the opportunity to engage with the regulator in question was beyond contemplation.

The FSAI, from the outset, proactively sought to seek out and engage a wide variety of stakeholders in a meaningful way. Arguably, this can be viewed as a function of the innovation embedded in the FSAI’s model – there was no script to follow nor were there 28

any peers setting an example to emulate.

Additionally, the idea, enshrined in the Act of the Oireachtas establishing the FSAI, that the work of food safety should be contracted out, immediately created an organisation disposed towards looking for partnership opportunities. Proactive engagement, to share the benefits and mitigate the reversals, was hard-wired into the organisation’s genetic make-up from the outset.

One of the first, and now most established, stakeholder engagement processes involved the aquaculture sector, and more specifically those involved in the growth and placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs.

Molluscan Shellfish Safety Committee It would not be inaccurate to say that what eventually became known as the Molluscan Shellfish Safety Committee (MSSC), had a difficult, if short, gestation, followed by a problematic birth attended by many mid-

wives, each with strongly held, forthright and contrasting opinions on what was best for the new child now in their charge.

At the time, the FSAI possessed the virtue of being “new.” Into the lap of this unencumbered organisation this new baby was dropped.

The development of this novel stakeholder engagement process was driven, as most are, by the commitment of the various parties. It was also helped by the idea that the MSSC should be as open and inclusive as possible. The drive to improve openness and transparency meant a lot of voices asking a lot of questions.

In response, it also meant a lot of answers being provided and much of the initial effort went into disentangling what was important from the greater mass of noise that permeated those initial meetings. The idea that a coherent view could emerge of what everyone agreed were the important issues seemed fanciful. The MSSC, by building trust through candid

dialogue, in a framework for consistent engagement, allowed for a consensus to emerge on priorities.

This can be attributed to a number of factors acting in combination. The FSAI might have provided the context and served a facilitating role, but it was the willingness of various state agencies including the Marine Institute, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (and its predecessor, the Sea-Fisheries Control Division of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources), Bord Iascaigh Mhara, and the Health Services Executive to be active participants that set the tone.

More

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regulation In the non-state sector, the Irish Shellfish Association along with various private food businesses and laboratories recognised the opportunity inherent in the MSSC process, and worked energetically to exploit it.

While this may have, and did, make for some robust

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exchanges, it also ensured that everyone became better acquainted with the full range of factors that influenced this sector of the wider aquaculture community.

This helped make for more efficient and effective regulation, as the regulators gained deeper insights, while those involved in aquaculture and shellfish growing activities developed a stronger appreciation of the decisionmaking processes associated with their sector. Through such exchanges, growers were able to anticipate issues, build their compliance status and use such activities to enhance their individual and collective reputations.

While it might seem unfair to single out an individual from the last 20 years of engagement who helped drive this process to the success it now is, it still needs to be recognised that the contribution made by Richie

Flynn of the Irish Shellfish Association, before his untimely death in 2018, was singular.

Both within and without the MSSC, Richie was a forceful advocate for the shellfish growing sector. However, in representing his own stakeholders, Richie was more than just a spokesperson representing a collective view (which he did vigorously), he was rarely satisfied with the status quo and constantly pushed improvements.

In respect of the MSSC, he was instrumental in pushing it on to remain relevant and evolve to meet emerging issues. He encouraged the expansion of the membership and worked to avoid drop outs, while adopting a long ball view of the work being done. Richie also maximised the opportunity presented by having so many parties around the table to bring up issues of much wider

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significance than food safety, on everything from animals to nitrate related matters that were of interest to the sector. This was, perhaps, a recognition of the success the MSSC had become, because no other comparable forum existed for raising such nonfood safety related matters, at the time.

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food, lower

costs Thanks to the input and influence of Richie Flynn, and the wider group of stakeholders who have contributed over the last 20 years or so, the robustness and flexibility of the MSSC model has been consistently demonstrated. While some stakeholders have declined participation past a particular point, others have been added to the group, broadening its scope and deepening its diversity.

The extent and quality of the engagement it has allowed between regulators and regulated (and those with an indirect interest) has not gone unremarked or unnoticed, both at home and abroad. The value it has demonstrated has helped encourage wider engagement.

It has driven the evolution of more proactive stakeholder mapping, as a means of maximising the utility such processes provided to all parties.

The benefits of active and ongoing stakeholder engagement lies in the contribution it makes to making regulatory processes more efficient and compliance easier. All of which can contribute to safer food at lower costs with less friction. The long term success of the process can be seen as a validation of the mission of innovation articulated at the FSAI’s establishment.

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PRIMROSE project aims to predict risk and impact of Harmful Algal Blooms and microbial events on the aquaculture sector Lee Hastie*, Tara Chamberlain*, Joe Silke* and Wiebke Schmidt*

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he The Marine Institute are coordinating PRIMROSE, a collaborative project for predicting risk and impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and microbial contamination events to the European Atlantic aquaculture sector. This EU Interregfunded project involves an international consortium of ten partners in five countries bordering the Atlantic coast of Western Europe.

The objective of the work is to provide an improved system for reporting and forecasting HABs and microbial events in European coastal waters. Building on existing systems, the new forecasting model will include microbial risk and climate impacts, in addition to improving HAB predictions.

HAB events usually involve dinoflagellates and/or diatoms – tiny, single-celled organisms that grow in the upper, sunlit layers of the ocean.

These can proliferate rapidly in favourable conditions, resulting in blooms covering

thousands of square kilometres. Some species can affect aquaculture operations, through the accumulation of biotoxins in shellfish consumed by humans; and by killing farmed fish due to toxins, physical damage and deoxygenation.

Every year, major HAB events result in closures (harvesting bans) of shellfish production areas for prolonged periods.

Entire stocks of caged salmon have been lost following HAB events. The economic impact of HABs in EU waters may be as high as â‚Ź919 million per annum. Food-borne infections, following consumption of shellfish harbouring microbial pathogens, also constitute a human health risk. Prevention of HABs is not possible, and controlling microbial contamination events can be very difficult in certain situations. However, reliable early warnings can facilitate effective mitigation measures to safeguard public health and private business operations.

Scientists analyse

Mussel farm (floating long-line) off West Ireland [Caroline Cusack].

biological, oceanographic and hydrological datasets, to predict the onset of major HAB events. It is vital to aquaculture operators that HAB forecasts are accurate and reliable. It is unlikely that HAB forecasts will achieve 100% reliability, although a reasonable degree of confidence is required. At present, accurate predictive rates >80% have been achieved in certain localities.

Planktonic algae and pathogens of interest to the European seafood industry: Main types associated with HABs and microbial contamination events in the north-east Atlantic Organism

Type

Biotoxin(s)

Human health risk Other impacts

Alexandrium

Dinoflagellate

Saxitoxin (STX)

PSP

Azadinium

Dinoflagellate

Azaspiracids (AZA) AZP

Dinophysis

Dinoglagellate Okadaic Acid

DSP

Unknown

Karenia

Dinoflagellate

Fish mortality (gill damage) Unknown

Brevetoxins

NSP

Fish/Seabird mortality

Pseudo-nitzschia Diatom

Domic Acid (DA)

ASP

Fish mortality (gill/skin damage)

Chrysochromulina Haptophyte

Prymnesins

n/a

Fish mortality (toxicity)

E.coli

Bacteria

Shiga toxin

Gastroenteritis

n/a

Vibrio

Bacteria

RTX toxins

Gastroenteritis

Fish mortality (outbreaks)

Norovirus

Virus

n/a

Gastroenteritis n/a

International standard abbreviations: ASP = Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning; AZP = Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning; DSP = Diarrheic Shellfish Poisoning; PSP = Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning; NSP = Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning.

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Since 2014, the Marine Institute has provided a weekly HAB bulletin online: https://webapps.marine.ie/ HABs/ PRIMROSE aims to provide a reliable standard, automated system for reporting and forecasting HABs and microbial events in European waters. The team will access real-time data from new satellites and models, advance new inputs of offshore data, aerial surveillance and create a wider availability of in-situ data to generate a greatly improved forecasting service.

Improved methodologies will result from oceanographic forecasts, regional hydrodynamic models, satellite data, phytoplankton/ biotoxin monitoring data and expert evaluation. The current HAB forecast service will be upgraded to a regional scale; providing mesoscale trans-national HAB and microbial risk information, risk assessments and knowledge exchange with the international community.

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Dinoflagellate HAB species found in Irish waters - Alexandrium sp.

[Rafael Salas]

Dinoflagellate HAB species found in Irish waters - Dinophysis sp.

[Rafael Salas].

Throughout the PRIMROSE project the intention is to maintain close involvement with industry partners to ensure maximum impact. This will involve inviting operators to participate in questionnaire surveys and provide feedback during the development phase of the project.

Members of our research group operate within national authorities responsible for the monitoring of shellfish biotoxin and microbiological

from potential end-users are welcome, as the team continue to develop this service.

contamination; and are able to provide advice to policy makers, risk regulators and food safety authorities. PRIMROSE will also engage effectively with the aquaculture industry, to explain how an enhanced HAB alert system can assist in planning and adapting harvest schedules and other operations. This will focus on a number of special training workshops in 2019–20.

Any ideas and suggestions

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*Marine Environment & Food Safety Services Marine Institute Co. Galway H91 R673 https://www.marine.ie/ For further information on PRIMROSE, please contact the authors or visit http://www. shellfish-safety.eu/

Partner Organisations: Marine Institute; Indigo Rock Marine Research Station (Ireland); Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Scottish Association for Marine Science; SeaFood Shetland (UK); Instituto Superior Técnico/ Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal); IFREMER (France); Agencia de Gestión Agraria y Pesquera de Andalucía; Fundación AZTI/AZTI Fundazioa; Instituto Español de Oceanografía (Spain).

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Charting the Course for Sustainability in the Irish Seafood Sector

What are the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals?

In September 2015, 193 countries met in New York and signed the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Agenda has become the guide to the world’s social, economic and environmental actions to achieve a sustainable future by 2030. The framework consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).

Each of these goals has a number of targets associated with it (169 in total). Indicators identify the data that will be used to measure progress towards these targets and to determine if it has been achieved successfully by 2030.

The global progress is monitored by the UN. Individual countries must provide voluntary national reviews including stakeholder involvement. In Ireland, the overall responsibility for implementing the UN SDG’s lies with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE). Inclusion is at the core of the UN SDG’s, and as a result, governments, the corporate sector and citizens are called upon to make the SDG agenda a reality.

What does this mean for the Irish Seafood Industry?

What steps can you take?

In 2017, the Irish Seafood Sector contributed €1.15 billion to the Irish economy employing over 14,000 people directly and indirectly around the coast and making the ocean a key economic, social and environmental asset. To protect this resource and sustain the long term viability, profitability and value of the sector, the industry continues to improve its performance and adopt best practices. Using the universal language of the SDG’s, the Irish Seafood Sector will be able to communicate its contribution to advancing sustainable development, both by minimising negative impacts and maximising positive impacts on people and the 32planet, for example on UN SDG’s 14.1, 14.2 and 14.4.

Become familiar with the SDG’s and link them to your business activities.

Establish a baseline for your operations and develop priorities for your company.

Select indicators and collect data so that you can set meaningful and measurable goals and targets.

Involve your staff and communicate your commitment to your customers and stakeholders.

Find out more on https://sdgcompass.org

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 14 CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE THE OCEAN, SEA AND MARINE RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution 14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and taking action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

14.4 By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

How is BIM supporting the Irish Seafood Sector in its sustainability efforts?

Ensuring environmental, economic and social sustainability of the seafood sector as a whole is at the heart of BIM’s strategy. Careful management and conservation of the ‘natural capital’ upon which the sector relies can not be compromised. Sustainability initiatives include: research in gear technology; certification and stock management; energy and waste management to stewardship of the natural environment; and continually improving measures by implementing management systems and achieving voluntary standards.

As Ireland’s seafood development agency, BIM leads the provision of support services to the seafood sector.

BIM supports include technical expertise, business support, funding, training and the promotion of responsible sustainable standards thus strengthening the positive market perception of Irish seafood so that it is recognised as a responsible and sustainable catching, farming, and processing sector, with world class environmental management systems embedded in all its operations.

Ireland’s EU Structural and Investment Funds Programmes 2014 - 2020 Co-funded by the Irish Government Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland and the European Union

EUROPEAN UNION This measure is part-financed by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

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Richie Flynn aquaculture advocate, a tribute Niall Madigan, National Press Officer at The Irish Farmers Association

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or 22 years, Richie worked as Executive Secretary of IFA Aquaculture, a role that was very wide ranging: encouraging membership; collecting fees; dealing with media events and issues arising; keeping members abreast of changes in policies, rules and regulations; as well as seeking views and opinions.

It began with salmon farming and the Irish Shellfish Association was added to IFA membership in the 1990s.

The Richie we knew in IFA was a fearless lobbyist for farmers, proud of his Leitrim roots and a colleague you would always want in the trenches.

As one of his European colleagues, Courtney 34

Hough of the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers, put it, he entered the aquaculture sector with no technical knowledge, but made up for it with the keenest political sense, a fluid pen and a sharp wit.

He represented the fish farming sector at home and in Brussels, where his lively and articulate presentations were appreciated by all audiences and interest groups.

Richie’s writing skills were legendary and he contributed to many industry documents, notably ‘Streaming Sustainability’.

He deployed all his political skill in the creation of the EU Aquaculture Advisory Council in

2016. This group advises the Commission and the Parliament on the sustainable development of the sector, and is backed with European funding.

And of course, Richie became the first Chairman.

Passion

for

aquaculture

Like fishing, the aquaculture industry is very fragmented, but somehow Richie kept the show on the road and kept his members up-todate on the issues that mattered, even when he was quite ill.

He would not hesitate to drive across the country to help the smallest of farmers with their challenges and concerns.

There is no doubt Richie

had a very difficult job, but he chipped away, sometimes with a smile, if not a grin.

His tussles with anti-fish farming campaigners and sometimes Department officials were not for the faint-hearted and his passion for the industry never dimmed.

And to the end, Richie remained a tireless campaigner for the industry. He was always striving to realise the full potential for job creation in coastal communities. And demanding a fit-for-purpose licensing system.

Jan Feenstra, who worked closely with Richie as Chairman of the Irish Salmon Growers Association, said his depth of experience & knowledge is a big loss to his profession; his humour an inspiration to all who worked with him; and his ability to dust himself off and have another go is something we can all learn from.

Those who knew Richie will recall having animated and enjoyable discussions with him – at times he was infuriating, at times stubborn, but he was always entertaining.

He was a well-respected colleague and somebody who was utterly dedicated to his work in IFA. But the other side to him was the family man who was a loving husband to Trish and father to Liam and Róisín, and a great support to his family.

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Páirc na Mara a key future enabler for the development of the marine industry in Ireland T

he development of projects based on renewable energy, natural resources and enterprises focused on natural resources is central to Údarás na Gaeltachta’s strategy. Páirc na Mara will be developed as a state-of-the-art, low carbon marine innovation and research cluster, located on a greenfield site on the southern edge of the Conamara Gaeltacht approximately 70 kilometres west of Galway City.

In consultation with key strategic partners, such as the Marine Institute, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Galway County Council, the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, NUI Galway and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, plans are being formulated on a collaborative basis that will enable Údarás na Gaeltachta to develop a modern marine innovation park to drive the growth of the sector and enable economic and employment growth in the area.

It is envisaged that the development of Páirc na Mara will be an important enabler for the

development of the marine industry as a whole, not only in the Conamara Láir area but on a regional and national level also. The facility will encompass a variety of marine-related activities, where productive sector enterprises, public bodies, state development agencies and the research community will work together to add value to their products and services and to maximise the development potential of the marine sector in the region.

Enormous

potential

MICD Páirc na Mara, a collaborative project between Údarás na Gaeltachta, NUI Galway and G-MIT has recently been approved for funding of €2m to develop a marketfocused marine innovation and development centre as part of the Páirc na

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Mara Marine Innovation Campus in Cill Chiaráin.

The funding has been granted under the second round of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund delivered through Enterprise Ireland, and Údarás na Gaeltachta will also provide equity of €400,000 for the project. Údarás na Gaeltachta in partnership with NUI Galway and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology will develop 1,800 square meters of enterprise and incubation space for marine and research enterprises.

Specialist training and business development supports will be available from the centre which has a target of supporting the creation of 200 jobs.

It is hoped that Páirc na Mara will broaden the opportunities available, create new companies with

innovative products and services, increase exports and establish a pipeline of new companies that will lead to interesting, environmentally sustainable and profitable job creation in the marine.

A comprehensive planning application for the overall Páirc na Mara development is being prepared including all of the statutory environmental assessments for submission to the local authority for planning permission.

Páirc na Mara is not solely a new business park but differs in that it will focus on marine-based companies with high quality seawater and freshwater available to all sites, and with state-ofthe-art effluent treatment it has the potential to be enormous for the Conamara area and more broadly as a national resource for marine development.

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Feeding a Sustainable Future

Dr Alex Wan*

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sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific’s forest and rainforests.

eafood produced by the aquaculture industry in 2017 was more than 111 million tonnes, globally. By comparison, in the same year, Irish aquaculture had produced >3 million tonnes.

These production levels are forecasted to grow in order to meet the increased food demand created by a global human population of 9.7 billion in 2050. While this is encouraging news for the industry, the question of how the industry can sustainably grow without negatively impacting on the environment, is very pertinent.

In the early days of aquaculture, farmed carnivorous fish species (e.g. salmon and trout) were traditionally fed with feeds consisting of a high inclusion of marine-based protein and oils, as these ingredients have a high biological value and closely match the nutritional requirements of a growing fish, i.e. amino acid profile and high digestibility.

These feedstuffs are mainly obtained from wild-captured fish, with the demand from a growing global aquaculture industry contributing to overfishing and, subsequently, an increase in fish meal and oil prices. Furthermore, the use of wild fish stocks to feed farmed fish has drawn a negative public image to the industry.

Since the 1980s, a class of alternative proteins has been developed, including terrestrial-based Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs).

Since the outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, mid 1990’s) and prionrelated pathologies caused by using ruminant by-products in terrestrial animal feeds, the use of PAP’s has done little to relieve the pressure on fish 36

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A typical fish feeding trial system used for assessing feed ingredients, bioactive compounds or understanding fundamental nutritional requirements (ANARU, Carna Research Station, NUI Galway).

meal demand due to negative public image and government restrictions (e.g. European Union and United States).

Proteinaceous crops The use of plant-based derivatives has gained much traction as a protein alternative to fish meal and is now widely used in commercial diets. This has been attributed particularly to the advancements in selective plant breeding and industrial processing technologies that have resulted in plant meal having lower levels of antinutrients and enhanced nutrient digestibility.

However, the production of these proteinaceous crops requires high energy inputs and significant water resources, raising sustainability concerns and making the industry vulnerable to the vagaries of adverse environmental factors, such as the frequency of droughts. The main

proteinaceous plants such as soya, also incur significant food miles.

As well as these wider issues, during application, plant-based feeds may have undesired effects on fish gut health reducing the efficiency of aquaculture production systems. There is immense global pressure on the arable sector to produce grains, legumes (soy) and energyrich crops (palm oil) for both human and animal feeds.

Soy and palm farming have been a significant driver in global deforestation and substantial resource consumption, e.g. arable land, water, non-renewable fertilisers, and pesticides.

The EU imported 5.3 million tonnes of soya bean/meal in 2018. The largest supplier of which, is the US at 3.7 million tonnes, followed by Brazil at 1.3 million tonnes.

For the latter, the impact of deforestation for arable land to grow crops such as soya has heavily affected Amazonian,

This coupled with climate change, has direct consequences for resource security (e.g. pest and disease outbreaks), impact on carbon footprint and the end-product quality of the fish receiving such ingredients must be of prime concern. This relates to the imbalanced ratio of omega-3 (anti-inflammatory) and omega-6 (inflammatory) oils that are a result of a plantbased diet.

The development of a new generation of sustainable feed ingredients is of paramount importance for the longterm sustainable growth in fish aquaculture. The use of single-cell organisms (bacteria and yeast), unicellular algae and seaweeds have shown promising signs in past research studies (e.g. DAFM’s Marine functional food programme, NutraMara) and have already been applied to market fish feed products.

One key issue with the use of algae such as seaweed is the low bioavailability of nutrients to the feeding fish.

In a recently funded project

by Science Foundation Ireland, the Blooms2Feeds+2 research programme based in NUI Galway seeks to enhance seaweed digestibility using the advancements of industrial processing technologies.

Across Europe and globally, there is a growing production industry of insects in human foods and animal feeds. While the concept of feeding insects to fish has existed since the inception of aquaculture, it has recently gained significant interest and global investment due to consumer food awareness, sustainability, and a drive to reduce waste from other food production

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of ingredients being used and sourced from various places around the world, there is a need to address the traceability of these feeds to prevent adulterants and mislabelling (e.g. feeding insects with animal ruminant manure and other unsafe feed substrates and genetically modified crops), which will risk consumer safety and the image of the aquaculture industry.

It is possible to address the traceability issue by profiling the farmed fish and its dietary history. The development of technologies such as proteomic mass spectroscopy (profiling protein composition) and high throughput sequencing of the genetic materials has shown it is possible to confirm the authenticity of a fish product. More recently, a

Ulva seaweed used for Blooms2Feeds+2

systems (circular economy).

Although, the use of insects in fish diets will still need to be further developed because of the issue with digestibility and their nutritional profile (INCIRCLE project, NUI Galway).

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For aquaculture to grow

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Two decades and counting - Triskell Seafood celebrate 20 years in business Niamh Doyle

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arie Aude Danguy, Director of Triskell Seafood, is celebrating this year after the company she set up in a back room in Westport with just a fax and an IBM computer, reaches 20 years in business. We caught up with Marie-Aude at her Warehouse in Sligo where she now stocks an extensive range of specialist equipment and clothing for sale, as well as continuing her shellfish trading activities.

Reflecting on two decades in business Marie-Aude sees major changes in the character and size of the industry. “When I started, Ireland had the biggest production of farmed clams in Europe, and now nothing, disease has completely wiped them out. Back then, flat oysters were scarce and demand for them was strong.

Now they are plentiful across Europe, and the market has decreased significantly. These cycles happen all the time in

this business and we have to adapt to stay in front.”

Challenges

Adapting to market trends allowed Marie-Aude and her team to specialise in Gigas oysters. Initially reliant on the French market to sell their produce, today the quality of the Irish Oyster is recognised internationally, and an expanding market means growers can ship across Europe and into Asia.

According to Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s figures oyster production is keeping pace with demand. From a base of around 3,150 tonnes in 1997, Irish growers are now sending over 10,000 tonnes to market annually, a threefold increase in production.

These figures are particularly impressive when the many challenges facing the industry are taken into account. Twenty years ago, there were little or no oyster mortalities, however, since 2008 growers are faced with the impact of the herpes

virus (OsHV-1) and the V. aestuarianus bacteria on their stock. A presentation on Oyster Health given in January 2019 by the Marine Institute suggested that changes in the way we handle seed particularly could help reduce mortality figures but there is still much research to be done.

On top of these concerns growers face long delays getting licences for their farms, in most cases waiting years for approvals to be granted.

Despite these issues the industry continues to grow, fuelled in part no doubt by a significant rise in the market price of oysters as evidenced by the figures recorded by BIM.

Driving innovation

Also encouraging for the sector is the growth in local interest in oysters and in shellfish generally. The local market can’t compete of course in terms of size of the demand being felt from abroad. But this sea change in attitude in Ireland is hugely positive for

(l to r) Emmanuel René, Brona Galvin, Niamh Doyle, Marie-Aude Danguy, Katarina Tothova, Francis Kater

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the sustainability of the sector, encouraging new members into the industry and driving innovations for the grower.

So, what is Triskell Seafood’s prediction for the next twenty years?

Marie-Aude again: “despite the undoubted uncertainties of the aquaculture industry, Irish growers have always shown resilience; reskilling, diversification, and embracing new developments and cultivation methods to stay on top. We are very confident looking to the future!”

Triskell Seafood is based in Collooney, County Sligo.

As well as their live shellfish trading activities the company retails a range of professional clothing by brands such as Guy Cotten, Le Chameau and Helly Hansen that are used across the fishing industry as well as an extensive selection of specialist aquaculture equipment.

For more details follow us on Facebook at Triskellseafood or visit our website www.triskellseafood.com

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BESNARD

offering inovation and highly specialised machinery to the shellfish industry B

esnard has come a long way since Germain Besnard founded a metal works in 1965 in La Flèche, a town in the Loire Valley, halfway between Le Mans and Angers.

By 1976 Besnard had already produced its first and highly successful turntables for oysters. A new version of this innovative machine will be unveiled this year. From 1980 the company began to take an interest in mussels, which led to the appearance of the first mussels brushing machines in 1982. Today Besnard focuses on several highly demanding sectors : shellfish, and also industry, and asparagus !

In 1983 Germain’s son Eric joined his father in the company, and when Germain retired in 1997 Eric took the reins of the company as managing director, ably assisted by his wife Daniel.

A third generation of Besnards are already active in the company with Eric’s children, Antoine and Lucie fully involved - and making this a real family affair!

Adapting

to local

conditions Today Besnard designs and produces all of the conditioning equipment used onshore to wash, sort and package mussels.

This includes de-clumpers, brushers, calibrators and bagging machines, as well as all the intermediary conveyor belts.

With his technical background, Antoine has been responsible for the commercial development of the shellfish machines since 2006.

Says Antoine: “We produce a range of specialised equipment for the oyster industry including washers,

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electronic calibrators and sieving machines to separate the oysters prior to sorting.

We have installed such equipment all over the world including the USA and Europe. We already have numerous clients in Ireland and the UK. In the last five years we supplied water sieving machines, and following high mortality rates in the 2008 spats, we sought to reduce the stress to which oysters are sometimes exposed, by developing a machine that works in their natural environment and is also less noisy for the operators”.

Following an obligatory implementation study Besnard can adapt their machines to suit local conditions.

“Our conveyor belts in particular are almost always made to measure by a staff of six in our engineering office

working hand-in-hand with the sales department, and all the necessary mechanical and automation work is undertaken by our 30-strong team. Since 2007 we have been able to produce client plans in 3-D, a technique which was little used up to then,” explains Antoine Looking to the future Antoine is confident that Besnard’s manufacturing experience - accumulated over three generations - will serve their customers well.

“Besnard’s motto has always been to put the customer first by focussing on their unique requirements. Our innovation takes places in-house but it’s not just a matter of merely innovating for the sake of it, our reputation is firmly built on the fact that we listen and respond to the people who will be operating our machines”.

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JFC Marine offer a complete range of Mussel Floats, Navigation Buoys, Navigation Beacons, monitoring and control systems to suit all marine applications.

The latest addition to the Mussel Float range of products is the MF330 Mussel Float - a new blow moulded

manufactured mussel float.

This superior performance mussel float is designed and manufactured for the most demanding conditions. Ideal for inshore and offshore locations, they are proven in the most exposed conditions of the Atlantic Ocean, and can significantly improve the profitability of mussel farming enterprises.

The float has been specifically designed to withstand the pressures of high waves and sit steadily on the water, even when loaded with a full crop of mussels.

The patented stability fin design ensures that our floats have a low profile in the water, causing limited

vertical motion and reduced stress on the mussels. This “reduced stress” on the mussels means that they can concentrate on growing as opposed to expending their energy on trying to remain attached to the rope during turbulent conditions.

Improved Performance The design ensures that the mussel holding lines do not brush “up and down” so preventing the crop from falling back into the sea. The end result is that mussels grown using JFC mussel floats, grow larger, have a higher meat quality, and are much

less susceptible to losses. All of these factors culminate in significantly increased yields over a shorter time period for the mussel farmer.

JFC mussel floats have the potential to substantially boost the profitability of the rope-mussel industry whilst simultaneously reducing the number of mussel floats required per site.

JFC Marine supply a range of products to the aquaculture sector including Purification Tanks, Hatchery Tanks, and Shrimp Grader Trays.

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W & J Knox new washer offers full net service package S

cottish net maker, W & J Knox, has recently taken delivery of a new net washer to add to their substantial service plant. Produced by Irish company Mobilon, the new 56 cubic metre washer has a flat top and full length opening that simplifies access for the largest nets.

The new unit will be fully operational once the guard rails and working gantry are erected in the next few weeks.

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RTÉ’s SEASCAPES programme is 30!

Fergal Keane

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ack in 1989, when RTE’s Marine Correspondent, Tom McSweeney, first started Seascapes, he probably didn’t think that it would still be on air every week, 30 years later and a fixture of the RTE Radio 1 schedule.

But that is where we find ourselves this summer, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Seascapes, the maritime programme for an island nation, as Tom described it. Going out every Friday night at 10.30 with the familiar signature tune of Sailing By (composed

by Roland Binge in 1963), we have a large and very dedicated audience, not only in Ireland, but right across the world.

The show started life as a 15 minute midweek slot for

that first summer, but thanks to Tom’s dedication and knowledge of all things in the marine sector, it became a weekly half hour show within a couple of years. Now we broadcast 51 weeks of the year, taking just one weekend off at Christmas.

Seascapes tries to reflect all aspects of the marine sector, be it Olympic sailing, commercial fishing, marine food production, shipping, or just plain messing around in boats. Whenever possible, the aim is to bring listeners out onto ships and boats, to get out of the studio, and bring a bit of sea air into people’s Friday nights. With that in mind, in recent months we have been to Arranmore Island to speak to fishermen there, on a commercial diving training course in Castletownbere, at the Skipper Expo in Galway, and in Dingle

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hearing about the new six mile limit and differing voices on that.

Enthusiastic journalists I have sailed a 46 foot racing yacht to Spain for the show, been to New Zealand to see Enda O’Coineen off on his renewed round the world voyage, sailed Hugo Boss, one of the world’s most advanced offshore yachts from Cork to Dublin, brought a Galway Hooker into Kinvara and much more. Every week we hope to bring our listeners on the adventure with us and to hear along the way, the issues and concerns people have in our coastal communities.

Over the last two years, since I became the presenter and producer of the show, we have gathered a group of radio journalists all around

the country who contribute reports every week. Some are old hands, Lorna Siggins formerly of the Irish Times and Mark Costigan, once of Today FM. We also have the distinguished voice of Hugh Oram, a master broadcaster, who often delves back into the history books for us to come up with intriguing tales from around the coast. Most of our reporters, though, are young, up and coming, enthusiastic journalists.

RTE’s compulsory retirement policy for staff aged 65, saw Tom McSweeney reluctantly leave the show he invented and loved in 2009.

Marcus Connaughton then presented for a number of years until I took over in 2017.

I have been a sailor most of my life and a journalist for a very long time. I hope that my experience brings a bit of knowledge and a lot of enjoyment to our many listeners.

Everything on Seascapes can be listened to any time in podcast on our website www. rte.ie/seascapes.

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SmoltVision – a robust tool from PHARMAQ Analytiq for optimising smolt transfer Elise Hjelle and Chris Mitchell

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ollowing the adoption of increasingly sophisticated and intensive salmon smolt production systems, more attention is being focused on the accurate prediction of stock readiness for transfer to seawater.

The optimal window for this operation is often small, and the availability of transport limited. Both factors require an accurate and reliable assessment of the physiological status of smolt stocks which are advancing towards transfer. Traditional techniques have involved either simply trialling a small number of fish in a so-called ‘seawater challenge’, or measuring their gill ATPase activity.

The seawater challenge technique, apart from being stressful for any fish in the test not yet seawater adapted, will not indicate the level of readiness at either individual or population level. Just surviving a seawater challenge may be just that, which is rather different from being fully adapted to thrive in seawater!

Critical measurements

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will have a high risk of becoming runts, which may increase the risk of disease both to themselves and to other fish in the pen. Measurement of ‘total ATPase’, whilst a useful indicator of the total ion pump activity in the gill does not actually tell you which way the pump is operating (ions ‘out’ or ions ‘in’).

The gills of anadromous fish, like salmon, need to be capable of doing both. When in freshwater these fish actively pump ions into their blood from their environment (otherwise they would become depleted), whereas in seawater they do the opposite to prevent them overloading through passive absorption.

PHARMAQ Analytiq now provides an assessment tool called SmoltVision, which not only distinguishes between the two pumps (‘in’ or ‘out’) but does so by degrees in each fish tested.

By testing a small number of fish (20) over three points in time, the shift from freshwater ATPase activity (inward pumping) to seawater ATPase activity (outward pumping) can be monitored. Both activities

Talking smoltification: Hugh McGinley, Freshwater Production Manager, Mowi Ireland; Paul Fletcher, Lochailort Manager, Mowi Scotland; and Elise Hjelle, PHARMAQ Analytiq.

are assessed by measuring the activity of the genetic mechanisms (using molecular markers) which control them.

The shift in activity at the genetic level is a precursor to that at the functional one, thus providing a warning of a change in status several days in advance of it happening.

In addition to the two main markers, PHARMAQ Analytiq have a supplementary one called the Co-factor, the activity of which provides information about the presence of potentially disturbing factors for the gills.

These factors, which include sub-optimal water

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quality, gill pathogens and gill damage, might actually disrupt the normal smoltification process. By tracking the levels of these three markers throughout the smoltification period, PHARMAQ Analytiq can provide managers of freshwater salmon hatcheries with ‘best in class’ information to help them decide, in advance, the optimum time to transfer their fish – a decision which, we should not forget, is normally made by the fish themselves! Optimal transfer helps optimise performance!

A further benefit is that tissue which has been submitted for assessment

by SmoltVision can also, if required, be used for pathogen screening and detection by real time RT-PCR, as both methods use the same analytical

procedure.

SmoltVision has been commercially available for two years, and it is being used in all the main salmon producing countries including Norway, Chile, Canada, Scotland and the Faroe Islands.

This has allowed PHARMAQ Analytiq to build up an extensive database of different smoltification regimes and corresponding field data, resulting in a high level of competence in the interpretation of SmoltVision results within the correct context.

Optimising the time at which fish are placed in the sea is not just good for welfare, it is a key driver to ensuring that newly transferred smolts get off to the best start in their marine life!

Tracking Seawater tolerance: Data from a single tank of fish with four sampling points in the period Jan 21 - Feb 15 2019 Each sampling point consists of twenty fish.

The yellow field indicates the level of seawater ATPase expressed at each sampling point. During the sampling period, we observe an increase in this expression over time, resulting in the group crossing the smolt threshold and being considered seawater tolerant. The co-factor is within the normal level of expression, and is thus not indicating any disturbance of the smoltification process for the group in question.

Differentiation between seawater and freshwater: These pictures show immunolocalisation of chloride cells in the gills of wild salmon. The green cells

are freshwater-type cells, the red cells are seawatertype cells.

The first picture shows a fish at the parr stage, adapted to a freshwater environment, producing mainly the freshwater chloride cells (green). After the onset of smoltification, the fish start to produce more of the seawater type chloride cells (red) to build up seawater tolerance.

Two weeks after transfer, as seen on the last picture, the fish has fully adapted to seawater, and is only producing the seawatertype of chloride cells.

During the smoltification process when the ratio between freshwater and seawater cells will vary, it is important to be able to distinguish between the two types, in order to track the progress of the smolting population.

(Picture McCormick et al., 2013a).

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SATMAR -

serving shellfish growers worldwide E

stablished in 1972 Satmar has become the most researched hatchery in Europe. Forty-five years experience has seen us producing a range of species such as shrimp, scallop and Edulis. We also specialise in growing clams and oysters.

Satmar is located on 9 separate sites, each selected for its water quality, along the French coast: Gatteville -le -Phare; Leucate; Lestre; Chausey; Landeda; Ile-Tudy, Saint-philibert; Bouin; SaintJust-Luzac; and Leucate.

Our two hatcheries in Gatteville and Leucate; more than 1,000 km apart is what gives us more security in terms of production.

Our nursery production is also based on the same idea - 4 geographically separate sites guaranteeing secure and controlled production.

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The location of our sites also makes it possible to be as environmentally responsible as possible. This means that we are environmentally conscious in terms of product quality and biological balance of our sites.

Production method

Satmar has developed a production method that is fully antibiotic-free. This method is based on the use of biotechnologies, a sustainable production (less intensive than other hatcheries) and the geographic spread of our locations. This, linked with a rigorous traceability, means that we have had organic accreditation since 2016.

As well as triploid and diploid oysters Satmar also produces Japanese (Manilla) clams, and since 1992 we have been producing triploid oyster seed. While our main activity is oyster breeding we also breed clams, splitting production between diploid and triploid oysters

seed, part grown or half grown - enabling us to fulfil increasing demand.

As Satmar was one of the first hatcheries, we are also leaders in selling worldwide.

With more than fifty employees in our production sites: three in R&D selecting brood stock to improve survival and shape, we also have a dedicated sales person who will help with your growing requirements and

any other queries you might have.

For further information please contact SATMAR “La Saline” 47, Route du Val de Saire, 50760 Gatteville le Phare, France Stéphane Duval is also containable directly by phone or email: +33.6.74.04.77.75 / +33.3.33.88.44.54 stephane.satmar@orange.fr

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Tralee Bay Hatchery Ltd. The Ponds, Kilshannig, Castlegregory,” Co. Kerry T: 086 8070774 E: info@traleebayhatchery.com C: Dara Moriarity Lissadell Shellfish Co. Ltd. Lissadell Sligo Town Co. Sligo T: (086) 8313123 E: jkokelly@eircom.net C: Kevin O’Kelly

Caged Salmon MOWI Cashel PO, Kindrum, Fanad, Letterkenny Co. Donegal T: 074 9159071 E: catherine.mcmmanus@ mowi.com C: Catherine McManus Curraun Fisheries Ltd Mulranny Westport Co. Mayo T: 087 2858758 E: tkdoherty@eircom.net C: Thomas Doherty Bradan Beo Teoranta Lettermullen Co Galway H91 X4T1 T: 087 632 8941 E: bobby@bradanbeo.ie C: Bobby Kerr Mannin BaySalmon Co. Drinagh Errislannan, Clifden Co. Galway T: (087) 6165860 E: mansal@eircom.net Gerry Donohue Ocean Farm Ltd Donegal Road Killybegs F94YF61 County Donegal, F94 YF61.

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Derrylea Holdings Ltd. 2 Railway Avenue Clifden Co. Galway T: (091) 574004 T: 087 2405045 E: derryleaholdings@yahoo.ie C: Paul Sommerville Douglas Valley Hatchery Ltd. Kilclough Kilworth Co. Cork T: (086) 3162397 E: mjwdvh@gmail.com C: Michael Walsh Inland Fisheries Ireland Cong Salmon Hatchery Cong Co. Galway T: 879100534 E: matt.varley@fisheriesireland.ie C: Matt Varley Santa Cruise Salmon Ltd. Carrigahorig Nenagh Co. Tipperary T: (087) 6890301 E: petergibbs.santacruise@ gmail.com C: Peter Gibbs Seastream Ltd Gorrtdrum Monard Co. Tipperary T: 087 2858758 E: tkdoherty@eircom.net C: Thomas Doherty

Araglen Trout Farm Araglen Kilworth Co. Cork T: (087) 8562073 E: johnhaydon@eircom.net C: John Hayden Goatsbridge Trout Farm Jerpoint, Thomastown Co.Kilkenny T: 086 2544906 E: mag@goatsbridgetrout.ie C: Ger Kirwan Raford Fish Farm Raford Kiltulla, Athenry, Co. Galway T: (091) 848137 C: Francis Burke

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Aquamona (BNM) montlucas Fishfarm Daingean Co. Offaly R35 RX00 T: 087 2261301 E: pawel.wisniewsk.c@bnm.ie C: Pavel Wisniewski

Carlingford Lough Shellfish Cooperative Society Ltd MillGrange Greenore Co. Louth T: 086 1740860 E: bryan_hyland@hotmail.com C: Bryan Hyland

Keywater Fisheries Ltd Caradeen, Maple Drive, Boyle, Co. Roscommon F52 A094 T: 087 9957 613 E: paulgkearney@eircom.net C: Paul Kearney

Trout Aquamona (BNM) montlucas Fishfarm Daingean Co. Offaly R35 RX00 T: 087 2261301 E: pawel.wisniewsk.c@bnm.ie C: Pavel Wisniewski IDAS Trout Ltd IDAS Trout Farm Woodenbridge Co.Wicklow T: 087 6526229 E: damienokeeffe@gmail.com C: Damien O’Keeffe

Chapman Robert Slade Fethard On Sea, New Ross, Co. Wexford T: (051) 397303 C: Robert Chapmann Cloughmore Shellfish Ltd 16A The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT344LR T: 028 41769208 T: 079 00113336 E: cloughmoreshellfishltd@ gmail.com C: Brian Cunningham Lenger Seafoods Irl ltd 16A The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT344LR T: 028 41769282 E: lsireland@lengerseafoods.nl C: Michelle Cunningham

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Down Mussels Ltd 84 Northumberland Road Ballsbridge, DO4 PY9 Dublin 4 T: 0031 622526687 E: julien@barbe.nl C: Julien Barbe Conor Blake 3 Chapel Road Rathmullan Co. Donegal T: (087) 6186334 E: connorxblake@gmail.com C: Conor Blake

Loch Garman Harbour Mussels Limited 84, Nortumberland Road Ballsbridge, DO4 PY9 Dublin 4 T: 0031 113571310 E: frank@barbe.nl C: Frank De KoK Ciaran Morgan Ardaghy Omeath Co. Louth C: Ciaran Morgan

Cromane Point Oysters Ltd Cromane Lower Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 6937028 C: Gerald O’Reilly

Moroney Michael Glosha Cromane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry T: (087) 6040092 C: Michael Scannell

Dingle Bay Shellfish Ltd Cromane Lower Killorglin Co Kerry T: 087 9304870 E: stephenjamesfoley@gmail.com E: johnmichaelf@gmail.com C: Stephen Foley

Moville Mussels Seacrest Derry Road, Moville, Co. Donegal T: 086 2889079 T: 086 1004825 E: janna@movillemussels.com C: Liam / Raymond McGinness

Doyle And Bennet Killag Duncormick Co. Wexford T: (086) 8625809 C: Hugh Doyle

O’Sullivan/McCarthy Mussel Development Ltd Cromane Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 087 2119955 E: amct87a@hotmail.com C: Arthur McCarthy

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Owen And Paul Teahan Shellfish Ltd. 1 Ballinamona Castlemaine Co. kerry T: 087 2737825 E: owenpteahan@yahoo.ie C: Paul Teahan Patrick T O’Sullivan Cromane Lower Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 2198157 E: patricktosullivan@live.co.uk C: Michael Sugrue River Bank Mussels Ltd C/O O’Callaghan O’Mahony & Co, Clonard Business Park Whitemill Ind. Estate, Wexford Co. Wexford T: 087 2722413 E: mlcrowley1@eircom.net C: Michael Crowley N&A Scallan Mussel Suppliers 29 William Street Wexford Town Co. Wexford T: (087) 6253759 E: nascallanmussels@eircom.net C: Martin Scallan Scannell Michael Douglas Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 7632453 C: Michael Scannell

Sugrue Group Cromane Lower Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 9862453 E: michaelsugrue@hotmail.com C: Michael Moroney Fresco Seafoods Ltd The Pier Greencastle Co. Donegal T: (086) 2516603 E: kellykilmoyle@gmail.com C: Gerard Kelly Teahan Partners Cromane Lower Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 2654681 E: teahanpartners@gmail.com C: Michael Teahan

Black Pearl Shellfish Ltd Lettergesh East Renvyle Co. Galway T: (087) 2074738 C: Kieran Kane Blackshell Farm Unit 15 Westport Industrial Park Newport Road, Westport Co Mayo F28RK38 T: 098 50879 T: 087 6740656 (Michael) E: info@blackshell.ie W: blackshell@eircom.net C: Michael Mulloy Bruckless Bouchot Mussels Ltd PO. Box 109 Dunkineely Co. Donegal T: (087) 6013798 E: tb.natura@live.fr C: Anthony Neveu

TLS Group Merchants Ltd StookIsland Cromane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry T: 087 9696883 E: ironan@gir.ie C: Tony O’Sullivan

Casheen Bay Seafood Ltd. Na Fabhrai Maoile Barna Co. Galway C: Coleman McDonagh

Tully Shellfish Ltd Tullyally Redcastle Co. Donegal T: 085 7313725 E: tullyshellfish@gmail.com C: Michael Havlin

Collins & Minihane Ltd. Hollyhill, Aughadown, Skibbereen Co. Cork T: (087) 2134623 E: sean.collins@abmeurope.com C: Sean Collins

Wexford Mussels Ltd. Rockfield Ivy Lane, Coolcotts Wexford T: 087 2219077 E: wexmuss@eircom.net C: Sean Ryan

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Organic Shellfish Ltd Lissyclearig Ullen Kenmare Co. Kerry T: (087) 0692077 T: 064 6641540 C: Paddy V. Cronin

Rope Mussel Ardgroom Shellfish Ltd. Inward Ardgroom, Beara, Co. Cork T: (087) 2408366 E: ardgroomshellfishltd7@ eircom.net C: John-Gerard Sullivan Bantry Harbour Mussels Ltd Gurteen Bantry Co. Cork T: 085 1729177 E: finianos@eircom.net C: Finian O’Sullivan

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Denis Hourican Hillside House Glengarriff, Co. Cork T: (086) 3353618 C: Denis Hourican Dolphin Seafarms Ltd. 41 Gleniha Ennis Co. Clare T: (086) 6021704 C: Eamonn Chesser Duggan Raymond Kilkilleen Church Cross, Skibbereen, Co. Cork T: (086) 8798942 C: Raymond Duggan Dunmanus Bay Mussels Ltd. Gortalassa Bantry, Co. Cork T: (087) 6179358.

E: brianmurnaneplant@eircom.net C: Paul Connolly Dunmanus Bay Mussels Ltd. Coomhola Bantry Co. Cork T: (086) 2782434 E: brianmurnaneplant@eircom.net C: Paul Connolly Eddie Nee Jr. Feenone Carrowniskey P.O., Westport Co. Mayo T: (087) 7410859 C: Eddie Nee (Jr.) Fastnet Mussels Ltd. Gearhies Bantry, Co. Cork T: (086) 2440573 E: brianmurnaneplant@eircom.net C: John Murphy Fundy Shellfish Ltd. Dunbeacon Durrus Co Cork T: (086) 1661947 C: John Hutchinson G&B Barge Ltd. Ballinakilla Bere Island Co. Cork T: (086) 8350820 E: b-jsullivan@hotmail.com C: Brendan O’Sullivan Greenline Shellfish Ltd Sherkin Island Skibbereen Co. Cork T: 086 8304231 E: minnaloushe7@gmail.com C: Richard Collins Hanley Paddy Pouleen Ardgroom, Beara, Co. Cork T: (087) 9149052 T: 027 74232 C: Paddy Hanley

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Kush Seafarms Ltd O’Shea’s House New Road, Kenmare Co. Kerry T: 087 1958227 T: 064 6641714 E: info@kush.ie C: Julie Baptiste Laffey Liam & Michael Lettergesh East Renvyle Co. Galway T: 086 8222447 T: 086 0832828 C: Liam & Michael Laffey Leonard Patrick J. & Leonard Peter 7 Donegal West Reengaroga, Baltimore, Co. Cork T: (086) 8818266 C: Patrick Leonard Pat Lydon Lettergesh West Renvyle Co. Galway T: (086) 3776350 C: Pat Lydon Mannin Bay Seafoods Ltd. Church Cross Skibbereen Co. Cork T: (085) 1141574 C: Michael O’ Neill Michael Casey Baltimore Skibbereen Co Cork T: 028 20197 E: caseys@eircom.net E: info@caseysofbaltimore.com C: Michael Casey Eddie Nee Snr Cleggaun Maam Co. Galway E: kevlydon@eircom.net C: Michael Lydon

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Michael O’Malley Cleggan Co. Galway T: (087) 2852460 E: irelandshellfish@gmail.com C: Michael O’Malley

Killary Fjord Shellfish Ltd. Bunowen Leenane Co. Galway T: (087) 6227542 E: kfsltd@eircom.net C: Simon kennedy

Mulroy Bay Mussels Ltd. Drim Cranford Co. Donegal T: (087) 2935852 E: mulroybaymussels@ireland.com C: Hugh Wilhare

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Seal Harbour ltd Seal Harbour Glengarriff, Bantry, Co. Cork T: 087 2599002 E: tgreen3@eircom.net C: Tim Green Shamrock Shellfish Ltd Limestone House Killowen, Kenmare Co. Kerry T: 087 2592209 E: shamrockshellfish@eircom.net C: Sean McCarthy Sneem Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Ltd. Tahilla Sneem Co. Kerry T: (086) 3623634 E: jyletanneur@outlook.com C: Jean-Yves Letanneur Southward Ltd. Church Road Bantry, Co. Cork T: 027 52689 E: bcosullivan@yahoo.com C: Brendan O’Sullivan Turk Head Enterprises Ltd. Collatrum Church Cross, Skibbereen, Co. Cork T: 086 2606473 C: Stephen Casey Westpoint Shellfish Ltd. Drombeg Ardgroom Co. Cork T: 086 3845377 E: westpoint7@eircom.net C: Ger Lynch

Trestled Oyster KOS Ballynaclaset Creek Oysterhaven Co.Cork T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr C: Maryse Crine PKC Ballynaclaset Creek Oysterhaven, Co. Cork T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr C: Maryse Crine Ostre’an Teoranta An Sean Tech Gweedore Rd Dungloe T: 868404945 E: monaghanjp@eircom.net C: John P Monaghan Ardcost Oysters Ltd Ardcost Portmagee Co. Kerry T: 087 2342171 E: ardcostoystersltd@gmail.com C: Daniel O’Mahony

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BC Shellfish Unit 8, Carhan Lower, Reenrushen, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr C: Maryse Crine PKO Cromane Killorglin Co.Kerry T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr C: Maryse Crine PKM Killala, Co. Mayo T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr C: Maryse Crine Bere Island Aquaculture Co-Op Lowneys Bere Island Cork T: 861064363 E: thelaughingoysterseaweed@ gmail.com C: David Andrews Fota Oyster Farm Unit 9E, Northwest Business Park, Collooney, Co. Sligo F91 THW7 T: (071) 911 5886 E: loicd@kerber.fr C: Marie-Aude Danguy Conor Blake 3 Chapel Road Rathmullan Co. Donegal T: (087) 6186334 E: connorxblake@gmail.com C: Conor Blake Anthony Duffy Carrick Carrigart Co. Donegal T: (087) 6252618 C: Anthony Duffy Irish Premium Oysters Drimlaghdruid, Lettermacaward Co. Donegal T: 0035386 6044478 E: info@ipo.ie C: Edward Gallagher Celtic Kerber Ltd. Unit 9E, Northwest Business Park Collooney Co. Sligo T: +33 (0)2 99 89 56 84 T: (071) 911 5886 E: loicd@kerber.fr C: Marie-Aude Danguy Natura Mussels Ltd Darney Bruckless Co Donegal T: 08 74 04 15 37 E: anthony.neveu@ groupeboutrais.com C: Anthony Neveu

Trabay Ltd Meenagowan Lettermacaward Co Donegal 08 76 01 37 98 E: anthony.neveu@ groupeboutrais.com C: Anthony Neveu

Treanbeg Shellfish Treanbeg Newport Mayo T: 087 987 3030 E: fergal@treanbeg.com C: Fergal Guilfoyle Bia Mara (Deise) Teo 7 Bishopscourt Lawn, Bishopstown, Cork.

T: 086 890 9329 E: sdeburca@indigo.ie C: Sean Burke

Shannon Shellfish Ltd. Glenleary Ramelton Co. Donegal T: 087 0699437 E: Irelandshellfish@gmail.com C: Alan O’Sullivan

Special Bannow Bay Shellfish Ltd Dannecastle Carrig On Bannow Co Wexford T: 08 60 62 25 42 E: anthony.neveu@ groupeboutrais.com C: Anthony Neveu

Charlie O’Malley Apt 15 The Kiln James Street, Westport Co. Mayo T: 087-2682036 Charlie O’Malley Dooriel Fisheries Ltd Dooriel Ballycroy Westport T: 872807959 E: shanejginty@gmail.com C: Shane Ginty

PKA Ltd Ring, Dungarvan, County Waterford T: 0033 546859785 E: m.crine@gillardeau.fr Maryse Crine

Padraic Gannon T/A Croagh Patrick Seafoods Roslaher Newport Co. Mayo T: 087-2497570 E: padraic@croaghpatrick seafoods.ie C: Padraic Gannon John McManamon Sandyhill, Carrowbeg, Tiernaur, Newport Co. Mayo T: 087-8411069 E: John McManamon McNulty Oyster Farms Ltd Knockloughra Newport Co. Mayo T: 087 2920281 E: gerardpmcnulty@eircom.net C: Gerard McNulty John Munnelly Ross Killala Co. Mayo T: 096-32056 T: 087-2858358 C: John Munelly Patrick Gavin Clynish Island Kilmeena, Westport Co. Mayo T: 098-26724 & 087-2339253 E: inishbee@eircom.net C: Patrick Gavin Sofi Shellfish Ltd Knockmanus Newport - Westport Co Mayo T: 08 71 86 86 57 E: anthony.neveu@ groupeboutrais.com C: Anthony Neveu

Dolphin Seafarms Ltd. 41 Gleniha Ennis Co. Clare T: (086) 6021704 C: Eamonn Chesser Garvey Brendan Claremount Clarecastle, Ennis, Co. Clare T: (086) 3840806 C: Brendan Garvey Jasconius Ltd. New Quay Burrin, Co. Clare T: (087) 9772069 E: iarfhlaithconnellan@gmail.com C: Iarfhlaith Connellan Michael McMahon Ballynote East Kilrush Co. Clare T: (087) 2605796 C: Michael McMahon Moyasta Oysters Moyasta Kilrush Co Clare T: 087 6613097 E: info@moyastaoysters.com C: Thomas Galvin Alan O’Mahony Moveen West Kilkee Co. Clare C: Alan O’Mahony Pouldoody Aquaculture Ltd New Quay Burrin Co. Clare T: 087 9787033 E: feargal.langley@gmail.com C: Fergal Langley

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Sea Lyons Seafood Ltd. Pier Rd. Carrigaholt, Co. Clare T: (087) 6149537 C: James Lyons Poulnasherry Oysters Ltd Breaffa Kilkee Co. Clare T: (086) 8579472 E: mhsheehy09@gmail.com C: Hugh Sheehy Thomas Bluinne Station House Kilrush Co. Clare T: (087) 7604230 C: Tom Bluinnie Adrigole Oysters Adrigole Beara, Co. Cork C: Dan O’Shea Atlantic Shellfish Ltd Rossmore Carrigtwohill Co. Cork T: +44 1736 810867 E: tristan@oysters.co.uk C: Tristan Hugh-Jones Baile mhic Coda 3 Harbour Row Cobh Co. Cork T: 068 2881791 E: Dams_14@msn.com C: Damien Perdriel Frank Dwyer Church Cross, Skibbereen, Co. Cork T: (086) 8390678 Frank Dwyer Jamie Dwyer Ballinaclashet Oysterhaven Co. Cork T: (087) 2557429 E: havenshellfish@eircom.net C: Jamie Dwyer Mestre, Jean Paul 2 Fairy Hill Monkstown Co. Cork T: (087) 2456074 Jean-Paul Mestre Sherkin Oysters Ltd. Sherkin Island, Baltimore, Skibbereen Co. Cork T: (087) 2029898 E: sherkinmarine@eircom.net C: Michael Murphy Skibbereen Shellfish Ltd 3 Harbour Row Cobh Co. Cork T: 068 2881791 E: Dam_14msn.com C: Damien Perdriel

Utterly oysters Ltd Rossleague Cobh Cork T: 086 2656509 E: killiant@iol.ie C: Killian Tighe Malin Head Oysters Ltd Sheskin Bree, Malin Head Co Donegal T: 086 8625984 E: malinheadoystersltd@gmail. com C: Bill Coffee Seamus Corbett Corner House Gweedore Co. Donegal T: (087) 2029909 C: Seamus Corbett Askoysters Ltd. Leenan, Kiel Clonmany Co. Donegal T: 086 1966203 T: 086 0733501 E: askoysters@gmail.com C: Anthony Kearney Ballylawn Shellfish Ltd. Ballylawn Redcastle Co. Donegal T: (086) 2902462 Danny McDermot Michael Barr Foyle Water View Ballymacarthur, Greencastle, Co. Donegal C: Michael Barr Bells Isle Seafood Ltd. Tullyearl Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: 087 6536781 E: valanddes@eircom.net C: Des Moore John Boyle Ballymanus, Kincasslagh Co. Donegal C: John Boyle Crocknagee Oysters Ltd Crocknagee Roxtown, Clonmany Co. Donegal T: 086 8609114 E: crocknageeoysters@gmail.com C: Derek Diver Charlie Doherty Roshine South Dungloe Co. Donegal T: (07495) 21815 C: Charlie Doherty James Doherty Termon Maghery, Dungloe, Co. Donegal T: (087) 9483266 C: John Doherty

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Doherty Philip Slievebawn Malin Head Co. Donegal T: (086) 8727268 C: Philip Doherty Donegal Oceandeep Rossylongan Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: 087 6388843 E: oceandeepoysters@gmail.com C: Conor Reid Donegal Oysters Ltd. Rossylongan Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: (087) 2845420 W: donegaloysters@eircom.net E: oceandeepoysters@gmail.com Damien Reid Gallagher James Maghery Dungloe Co. Donegal T: (087) 7541308 E: gallagherdavid23@yahoo.com C: David Gallagher Heraghty Patrick & Shiels Michael Ballyar Kerrymeel P.O., Letterkenny, Co. Donegal T: (086) 8781081 C: Michael Shields James Ball Middletown Malin Head Co. Donegal T: 086 8678476 E: JamesBall52@yahoo.com C: James Ball Danny McDermott Balleighan East Greencastle Co. Donegal T: (086) 8053693 E: shonadanny@hotmail.com C: Danny McDermott Alan McGlinchy Kiltown Killygordon Co. Donegal T: (086) 8163553 E: mcglinchey.alan@gmail.com C: Alan McGlinchy McHugh Charles & Gavigan Vincent Leconell Ard na Ratha, Loughras Beg, Co. Donegal T: (087) 9857461 E: charlie_mchugh@hotmail.com C: Charles McHugh Oceanic Organic Harbour view Greencastle Co. Donegal T: (086) 3331906 C: John McKinney

Michael McLoughlin Keenaglug Carndonagh Co. Donegal T: (087) 6035549 E: keenaglug@gmail.com C: Eunan McLoughlin Denis Murray & James G. McSweeney Roshine Acres Burtonport Co. Donegal T: (07495) 42962 C: Denis Murray North Shore Oysters (Jim Walsh) Ltd. Ballyliffen Clonmany Co. Donegal T: (086) 6057819 E: walshjim2412@gmail.com C: Jim Walsh Paul McHugh Co. Donegal C: Paul McHugh Racoo Shellfish Ltd Tullyearl Donegal Town Co. Donegal T: 087 2206696 E: racooshellfish@gmail.com C: Willie Britton Seacrest Seafoods Ltd Seacrest Derry Road, Moville Co. Donegal T: 086 2889079 E: seacrestseafoods@gmail.com C: Liam McGuinness Sliogeisc Gaoth Beara Teoranta Ballykilduff Portnoo Co. Donegal T: (087) 9488044 C: Paddy Boyle Sliogiasc Inisheane Teo. Magherty Dungloe Co. Donegal T: (086) 8375430 E: conalhunter11@hotmail.com C: Conal Hunter Anthony Coyne Derrylough Renvyle Galway T: 087 2700672 C: Anthony Coyne Boet Mor Seafoods Ltd. Claddaghduff Clifden Co. Galway T: (087) 2631641 E: kermor@eircom.net C: Jean Le Dorven Doorus Point Shellfish Moy Road, Kinvara Co. Galway T: 085/8248847 E: dpskinvara@gmail.com C: Thomas Connolly

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Emerald Oysters Ltd Cave, Clarenbridge Co. Galway T: (087) 2581104 C: Michael Egan Galway oysters td.

Ballinderreen Kilcolgan Galway T: 087 6444882 E: garyhartyeire@gmail.com C: Gary Harty

Cromane Point oysters ltd Cromane Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 087 6937028 C: Gerald O’Reilly Cromane Seafoods Ltd. Cromane Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 087 2921205 C: Ben Cronier

Huitre du Conemara Ltd. Galway Collon, Drogheda Co. Louth T: (087) 9186997 E: davidk@huitreduconnemara.com C: David Keane

Owen Teahan Ballinamona Castlemaine Co. Kerry T: 087 2041403 E: owenpteahan@yahoo.ie C: Paul Teahan

Krause Dungora Nuns Orchard, Kinvara Co. Galway T: 091-638813 / 637104 / 637233 C: Rainer Krause

Realt Na Mara Shellfish Ltd. Cromane Lower, Killorglin Co. Kerry 087 9241211 T: 087 7465707 realtnamarashellfish@ E: hotmail.com E: michaelsugrue@hotmail.com Emmet Casey C: Michael Sugrue

Mannin Bay Oysters Derrygimla Ballyconneely Co. Galway T: 087 0969730 C: Josie King Mattie Larkin Killeenaran Kilcolgan Co. Galway T: 087 2831980 E: mattie.larkin@gmail.com C: Mattie Larkin Michael O’Malley Cleggan Co. Galway T: (087) 2852460 E: irelandshellfish@gmail.com C: Michael O’Malley Michael Kelly (Shellfish) Ltd. Tyrone Kilcolgan Co. Galway T: 091-796120 E: info@kellyoysters.com C: Diarmuid Kelly Quay Oyster Company Ltd. Ballinacourty Clarinbridge Co. Galway T: (091) 794724 C: John Kelly Caragh Clams Ltd StookIsland Cromane, Killorglin Co. kerry T: 087 6608569 E: kerryosullivans@eircom.net C: Paul O’Sullivan TLS Group Merchants Ltd StookIsland Cromane, Killorglin, Co. kerry T: 087 9696883 E: ironan@gir.ie C: Tony O’Sullivan

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Frank McCarthy Group Lonart, Cromane Upper, Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 087 6432562 E: skippershaven@eircom.net C: Frank McCarthy Griffin - Reilly Group Cromane Lower Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (086) 6094346 C: John-Joe O’Reilly Jean-Yves Letanneur Ankail, Tahilla Sneem Co. Kerry T: (086) 3603634 E: jyletanneur@outlook.com C: Jean-Yves Lettanneur West Coast Shellfish Ltd Cromane Cross Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 086 2337215 westcoastshellfish@ E: outlook.com C: Liam Casey

Mikey Moroney Cromane, Killorglin Co. Kerry E: (087) 6040092 C: Mike Moroney

Keenan Oysters The Harbour Carlingford Lough Co. Louth T: 086 3691222 E: tomkeenan49@yahoo.co.uk C: Tom Keenan

Nigel Sheahan Cromane, Killorglin Co. Kerry C: Nigel Sheehan

Achill Oysters Quin Road Ind Est Ennis, Clare T: 9837017 E: hugh@achilloysters.com C: Hugh O’Malley

Noel Foley Cromane, Killorglin Co. Kerry C: Noel Foley

Maitias Burke Fahy, Westport, Co. Mayo T: 087 2489101 E: maitiasburke@gmail.com C: Maitias Burke

Douglas Strand Ltd. Douglas, Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 066 9761457 T: 087 2662728 E: costellosgarage@gmail.com C: Pat Costello

Tony McGrath Pulothomas Ballina, Co. Mayo T: (087) 2220622 E: mcgrathfish1@eircom.net C: Tony McGrath

Patrick T O’Sullivan Cromane Lower Killorglin, Co. Kerry T: 087 2198157 E: patricktosullivan@live.co.uk C: Patrick T O’Sullivan

Michael G Kilbane Dooagh, Achill Island, Co. Mayo T: (086) 2200165 T: (098) 43969 E: michaelkilbane@eircom.net C: Michael Kilbane

Peter Tighe 1 Glenmore Grove Ballinorig Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry T: (087) 7870034 E: petermtighe@eircom.net C: Peter Tighe Michael Scannell Douglas, Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 7632435 E: michaelscannell@eircom.net C: Mike Scannell

Murrisk Shellfish Ltd. Murrisknaboll Murrisk, Westport, Co. Mayo T: (087) 9882522 E: murriskshellfish@eircom.net C: Sean O’Grady

Teahan Partners Cromane Lower Killorglin, Co. Kerry T: (087) 2654681 E: teahanpartners@gmail.com C: Michael Teahan

Neil Kilbane Owenduff, Tonragee, Achill Westport, Co. Mayo T: 087 2039604 E: neilkilbane65@gmail.com C: Neil Kilbane

Hayes Aquaculture Cromane, Killorglin Co. Kerry T: (087) 9366742 E: cromaneoyster@gmail.com C: Thomas Hayes

Rosmoney Shellfish Ltd. Rosmoney Westport, Co. Mayo T: (098) 25843 E: rsl@eircom.net C: Stephen Fitzgerald

The Oystermens Seecrin Bush Riverstown, Dundalk Co. Louth T: 087 7504888 C: Charm Louet-Feisser

Sciana Mara Teo School Road Dooagh, Achill Co. Mayo T: 087-2495433 E: jjmcnamara30@gmail.com C: JJ McNamara

Liam O’Connor Tullig Killorglin Co. Kerry 087 6107590 C: Liam O’Connor

Carlingford Oyster Company Mullatee, Carlingford Co. Louth T: 042 9373800 T: 087 6244879 E: kian@carlingfordoystercompany.ie C: Kian Louet-Feisser

Martin Riordan Tullig Beg, Killorglin Co. Kerry T: 087 7820851 E: martin.riordan@hotmail.com C: Martin Riordan

Cooley Oysters Ltd Muchgrange Greenore Co. Louth T: 087 6486162 E: fergfish@hotmail.com C: Donal Ferguson

Shannon Estuary Oysters Limited Kilmeena, Westport Co. Mayo T: 087 6245181 E: kgautier40@gmail.com C: Karl Gautier Thomas Henry Belfarsad Achill, Co. Mayo T: 863771648 E: orianadt@msn.com C: Thomas Henry

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Armada Shellfish Co. Ltd. Old Farm Buildings Lissadell Co. Sligo T: (087) 2360364 E: leydonp@gmail.com C: Paul Leydon

Jimmy Harty Ballinacurry Ring, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: (058) 46215 E: tadhg@nemeton.ie C: James Harty

Atlantic Clams Ltd Tullyhill Rathcormac Co. Sligo T: 087 6739051 E: charlesk1955@gmail.com E: wildatlanticshellfish@gmail.com C: Charles Kelly

Pat Moran The Mount, Cheekpoint Co. Waterford T: (051) 382672 Pat Moran

Coney Island Shellfish Ltd. The Lodge Strandhill, Sligo T: 087 7489384 E: noelcartersligo@gmail.com C: Noel Carter Sean Haran Raughley Cloughbolly Co. Sligo T: 071 9163622 C: Sean Haran Barron Thomas & David Cullinane Mullinahorna Ring, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: 087 3113748 C: Michael Burke Jr. CK Oysters Ltd. Knoickeen Power Ring, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: (058) 46448 C: Criostoir Kinneally Deise Premium Aquaculture Ltd. Ballyhack Arthurstown, New Ross Co. Wexford T: 087 2712150 E: dpa.limited@hotmail.com C: William Dwyer Dungarvan Shellfish Ltd. Hillcrest Gortnadiha, Ring Co. Waterford T: 086 8238299 E: dsf-oysters@hotmail.com C: Joe Harty Feirm Sliogeisc Mara Teoranta Ring, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: (087) 6836035 C: Gabriel Kinneally Green Oysters Ltd. Gilrain Gortnadiha, Ring Co. Waterford T: (087) 3298714 E: dsf-oysters@hotmail.com C: Ray Harty

Paul Bennet Commons Road Dunmore East Co. Waterford T: (087) 7859140 C: Paul Bennett

Eugene Fitzpatrick Tallaught Saltmills Co. Wexford T: (087) 6660829 C: Eugene Fitzpatrick Hook Head Shellfish Ltd. Ramstown, Fethard-on-Sea New Ross Co. Wexford T: (051) 397492 E: hookheadshellfish@ hotmail.com C: Jodie Hickey

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Seamus O’Hayes Ballinagaul An Rinn, Dungarbhan Co. Waterford C: Seamus O’Hayes

Atlantic Shellfish Ltd Rossmore Carrigtwohill Co. Cork T: +44 7887 575747 E: tristan@oysters.co.uk C: Tristan Hugh-Jones

Tadhg Ó Maoileoin Teoranta Cnocán an Phaoraigh An Rinn, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: 878132235 E: tadgg@gmail.com C: Tadhg Ó Maoileoin

Clarinbridge Oyster Co-operative Society Ltd. Cave Clarenbridge Co. Galway T: (087) 2581104 C: Michael Egan

Philip Walsh Ballyvoreen Rosstuss, Woodstown Co. Waterford T: (087) 4120291 E: philipwalshoysterfarmer@ gmail.com C: Philip Walsh

Clew Bay Oyster Co-operative Society Ltd The Boathouse, Newport Co. Mayo T: 087 9882522 E: murriskshellfish@eircom.net C: Sean O’Grady

Waterford Oysters Ltd Newline Abbeyside, Dungarvan Co. Waterford T: 086 3546062 T: 058 42320 C: Pat Cullen

Comharchumann Sliogeisc Chonamara Teo Tir Ni, Lettermore Co. Galway T: (087) 0699437 E: irelandshellfish@gmail.com C: Alan O’Sullivanr

West Bank Oysters Ltd. 4 Mount Avenue Cheekpoint Co. Waterford T: (087) 2125997 C: Anthony Fortune

Lough Foyle Oyster Co-op Whiskey Rock Ltd Derry Co. Derry E: info@loughsagency.com C: Liam Farren, C: Ciaran McGonigle

Woodstown Bay Shellfish Ltd. The Harbour Dunmore East Co. Waterford T: (087) 2565549 E: naomi@wbsglobal.com C: Naomi Barlow Ballyteighue Oyster Co. Lacken Duncormick Co. Wexford T: (086) 8265367 C: Noel Roche

Lough Swilly Oyster Fishermen.

St Johnston Lifford Co. Donegal T: (086)3186845 C: Alec Carlan Malin Head Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Ltd. Malin Head, Inishowen Co. Donegal T: (086) 2694320 C: Charles O’ Donnell

Michael Kelly Shellfish Ltd. Tyrone Kilcolgan Co. Galway T: (091) 796120 E: info@kellyoysters.com C: Diarmuid Kelly North Mayo Oyster Development Cooperative Society Lt Tallagh, Belmullet, Co. Mayo T: 087 6926919 E: otoole.eddie@yahoo.com C: Eddie O’Toole Tralee Oyster Fishermen’s Society Ltd. The Pier, Fenit Tralee, Co. Kerry T: (087) 2599237 E: dnsoshea@yahoo.co.uk C: Denis O’Shea

Bottom Scallop Comharchumann Sliogeisc Chonamara Teo Tir Ni, Lettermore Co. Galway T: (095) 33489 E: irelandshellfish@gmail.com C: Alan O’Sullivan North West Shellfish Ltd. Upper Carrick Carrigart, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal T: (07491) 55195 E: northwestshellfish@eircom.net C: Jerry J Gallagher Sneem Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Ltd. Tahilla Sneem Co. Kerry T: (064) 6645270 E: jyletanneur@outlook.com C: Jean-Yves Letanneur Valentia Harbour Fisheries Society Ltd. Knightstown Valentia Island Co. Kerry T: (066) 9476263 Peadar Houlihan Whiddy Island Scallops Ltd 72 Reenrour East Bantry Co. Cork T: (086) 1936247 E: aolearyjoker@hotmail.com C: Danny O’Leary

Every effort is made to ensure accuracy. We would appreciate if you would email any corrections or additions to: roger.cole@bim.ie

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Fish Processors T: Telephone

M: Mobile

F: Fax

E: Email

W: Web

C: Contact

Albatross Seafoods Ltd Carricknamohill, Killybegs, Co. Donegal E: albatrossseafoods@eircom.net T: +353 74 9731674 W: albatrossseafoods.ie C: John Boyle

Castletownbere Fishermen’s Co-op Society Ltd. Dinish Island, Castletownbere, Co. Cork E: donal@ctbfishcoop.eu T: +353 27 70045 C: John Nolan

Araglen Valley Trout Farm Araglen, Kilworth, Co. Cork E: araglenvalleytrout@eircom.net T: +353 58 50049 C: John Hayden

Cavistons Food Emporium/Seatang Ltd. 59 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin E: info@cavistons.com T: +353 2809120 W: cavistons.com C: Peter Caviston

Atlantis Seafoods Wexford Ltd Unit F1 Strandfield Business Park, Rosslare Road, Co. Wexford E: sales@atlantis.ie T: +353 53 9123309 W: atlantis.ie C: John Kenny/Mark O’Connor Ballybay Perch Ltd. Corkeeran, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan E: Ballybayperch@hotmail.com T: +353 42 9756907 W: Ballybayperch.com Ballycarbery Fine Foods Unit 4, Caherciveen Business Park, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry E: info@ballycarberyfinefoods.com T: +353 66 9473974 W: ballycarberyfinefoods.com C: Darina Healy/Linda Macauley

Clarke Fish Exports Ltd. O’Rahilly and Connolly Streets, Ballina, Co. Mayo E: info@clarkes.ie T: +353 96 21022 W: clarkes.ie C: Kevin Clarke Clogherhead Fishermans Co-op Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co. Louth E: paulboyd@cloghercoop.com T: +353 41 9881403 C: Paul Boyd Coastguard Seafoods Ltd. Harbour Road, Annagassan, Co. Louth T: +353 42 9372527 C: Terry Butterly

Dunmore East Fishermens Co-op Ltd. Dunmore East, Co. Waterford E: defcoop@eircom.net T: +353 51 383377 C: Maurice Glody

Galway & Aran Fishermen’s Co-op.

The Pier, Rossaveal, Co. Galway E: gafishcoop@eircom.net T: +353 91 572161 C: Sean Griffin

Dunn’s Seafare Ltd. Jamestown Business Park, Finglas, Dublin 11 E: sales@dunns.ie T: +353 1 8643100 C: Ken Ecock

Galway Bay Seafoods New Docks, Galway City, Galway E: sales@galwaybayseafoods.com T: +353 91 563011 W: galwaybayseafoods.com C: Noel Holland

Eany Fish Products Ltd. Inver, Co. Donegal T: +353 74 9736318 W: info@eanyfishproducts.com C: William Ward East Coast Inshore Fishing Co. Ltd. Unit 28 Millenium Business Park, Cappagh Road, Dublin 11 E: brianeastcoast@hotmail.com T: +353 8649233 C: Brian O’Callaghan Eiranova Fisheries Dinish Island, Castletownbere, Co. Cork E: eira@eircom.net T: +353 27 70250 C: Brendan Minehane Fastnet Catch Harbour Drive, Baltimore, Co. Cork T: +353 87 0966342 C: John Kearney Fish Ahoy Arthurstown, New Ross, Co. Wexford E: fishahoy@eircom.net T: +353 51 389369 C: Michael Walsh

Beaumont Fish Sales 29 Millenium Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 11.

E: sales@beaumontfishsales.com T: +353 1 8649977 W: beaumontfishsales.com C: Paddy Donegan

Connemara Smokehouse Ltd. Bunowen Pier, Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway E: graham@smokehouse.ie T: +353 95 23739 W: smokehouse.ie C: Graham Roberts

Fishman’s Market Unit 16B, 16 Hebron Business Park, Co. Kilkenny E: hoyne2jc@eircom.net T: +353 56 7793929 C: John Hoyne

Beshoffs of Howth 17-18 West Pier Howth, Co. Dublin E: info@beshoffs.ie T: +353 1 8397555 W: beshoffs.ie C: Alan Beshoff

Daly’s Seafood’s Ltd. Kimego, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry E: dalyseafoods@iolfree.ie T: +353 66 9472082 W: dalysseafood.com C: Michael Daly

Flemings Seafood Old Coastguard Station, Ros a Mhil, Co. Galway E: flemingseafood@gmail.com T: +353 91 572088 W: flemingseafood.com C: Gay Fleming

Byrne Seafoods Beaugh, Malin, Co. Donegal E: byrneseafoods@hotmail.com T: +353 74 9370638 C: John Byrne

Dorans on the Pier 7-8 West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin E: sean.doran@dorans.ie T: +353 1 8392419 W: dorans.ie C: Sean Doran

Four Leaf Clover 67 Henry Street, Co. Galway E: marykilcar@hotmail.com T: +353 91 860000 C: Ali Jalivandi

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Glenmar Shellfish Ltd. Main Street, Union Hall, Skibbereen, Co. Cork E: info@glenmarshellfish.com T: +353 28 33818 W: irishprawns.com C: Diarmuid O’Donovan

Good Fish Processing Ltd. Carrigaline Industrial Park, Crosshaven Road, Carrigaline, Co. Cork E: d.good@goodfish.ie T: +353 21 4373917 W: goodfish.ie C: Denis Good

Connemara Fisheries Ltd. Cornamona, Connemara, Co. Galway E: connemarafisheries@eircom.net T: +353 94 9548193 W: connemarafisheries.com C: Pat Somerville

Duncannon Fish Co. Ltd. New Ross, Co. Wexford E: kaironan@eircom.net T: +353 51 421364 C: Kai Ronan

Garrihy Seafoods Ltd. Doolin, Co. Clare T: +353 65 7074075 C: Joe Garrihy

Goatsbridge Trout Farm Goatsbridge, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny E: goatsbridgetroutfarm@ eircom.net T: +353 86 8188340 W: goatsbridgetrout.ie C: Mag Kirwan

Ballycotton Seafoods Ltd. Garryvoe, Co. Cork E: adrian@ballycottonseafood.ie T: +353 21 4646522 W: ballycottonseafood.ie C: Adrian Walsh

Burren Smokehouse Ltd. Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare E: sales@burrensmokehouse.ie T: +353 65 7074432 W: burrensmokehouse.ie C: Peter/Birgitta Curtin

Gannet Fishmongers Limited 5-6 Royal Rock, Ballybane, Galway E: gannet.fish@gmail.com T: +353 91 440168 C: Stephane Griesbach

Fish Sales Killybegs Ltd. Stragar, Killybegs, Co. Donegal E: conal@fishsaleskillybegs.ie T: +353 74 97 31297 C: Conal Molloy

Foyle Fishermen’s Co-op Society The Pier, Greencastle, Moville, Co. Donegal E: info@foylefishermensco-op.com T: +353 74 9381170 W: foylefishermensco-op.com C: John O’Kane

Green Isle Foods Ltd. Monread Road, Naas, Co. Kildare T: +353 45 876511 Greencastle Fish Shop Greencastle, Co. Donegal T: +353 74 9381065 C: Harry McCormick H J Nolan (Dublin) Ltd. Rathdown Road, Dublin 7 E: info@nolanseafoods.com T: +353 1 8680066 W: nolanseafoods.com C: George Nolan / Jim Ryan Hederman Smoked Salmon (Belvelly Smokehouse) Belvelly, Cobh, Co. Cork E: mail@frankhederman.com T: +353 21 4811089 W: frankhederman.com C: Frank Hederman Iasc Ui Mathuna Ballyhea, An Daingean, Co. Kerry E: omathuna@iol.ie T: +353 66 9151136 C: Paddy O’Mahony

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Ireland West Seafarer The Pier, Killala, Ballina, Co. Mayo E: iws@eircom.net T: +353 96 32717 C: Niall Byrne

M.J. Flanagan Unit 603, Northern Extension Industrial Park, Co. Waterford E: flanfish@indigo.ie T: +353 51 874926 C: John Whittle

Irish Seaspray Ltd. Tir An Fhia, Leitir Moir, Co. Galway E: info@irishseaspray.com T: +353 91 551222 W: irishseaspray.com C: Sean Gavin

Marine Harvest Ireland Rinmore, Fanad, Co. Donegal E: pat.connors@marineharvest.com T: +353 74 91 59071 W: marineharvest.com C: Pat Connors

Joe Garvin Fish Sales 3 Nephin View, Ardagh, Ballina, Co. Mayo T: +35396 71564 C: Joe Garvin

McKenna Fish Sales Unit 30 Millenium Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 11 E: info@mckennafish.com T: +353 1 8649040 C: Alan McKenna

Keem Bay Fish Products Ltd. Pollagh Keel, Achill Island, Co. Mayo E: keembay@gofree.indigo.ie T: +353 98 43265 C: Gerry Hassett

Meylers Fish Merchants Common Quay St, The Bullring, Wexford T: +353 53 9122339 C: James Meyler

Keohane Seafoods Ltd. Unit 25 Kinsale Road Industrial Estate, Kinsale Road, Co. Cork E: centralfishmarket@eircom.net T: +353 21 4322059 C: Coleman Keohane Kerry Fish (Irl) Ltd. Renard Point, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry E: order@kerryfish.com TT: +353 66 9472177 W: kerryfish.com C: Liam Quinlan Kilkerrin Salmon/ISPG Ltd. Cill Chiarain, Connemara, Co. Galway E: liamroche@eircom.net T: +353 87 2830641 C: Liam Roche Kingfisher Fresh Ltd. Kerlogue Industrial Estate, Rosslare Road, Co. Wexford E: kingfisherfresh@eircom.net T: +353 53 9144704 C: Michelle O’Neill Kirwan Fish Merchants Strand Street, Clogherhead, Co. Louth E: philipkirk2010@gmail.com T: +353 41 9830622 C: Patrick Kirwan Kish Fish Co. Ltd. Bow Street, Dublin 7 E: sales@kishfish.ie T: +353 1 8543900 W: kishfish.ie C: Tadgh O’Meara Lett Seafoods Kerlogue Industrial Estate, Rosslare Road, Co. Wexford E: info@lettfrozenfoods.com T: +353 53 9140446 W: lettfrozenfoods.com C: Richard & Christian Lett

Millstream Ltd. Kiltrea, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford E: bryr@eircom.net T: +353 53 9234282 C: Bryan Rothwell Morgans Oceanfresh Ltd. Ardaghy, Omeath, Co. Louth E: info@morganoceanfresh.ie T: +353 42 9375128 W: morganfinefish.com C: David Martin Murrin Fisheries Ltd. Roshine Road, Killybegs, Co. Donegal T: +353 74 9731362 C: James Murrin Nicholas Lynch Ltd. 13 Ashbourne Manufacturing Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath E: nicksfish@gmail.com T: +353 1 8353666 C: Nicholas Lynch Nicky’s Plaice Ltd. Store F West Pier, Howth, Dublin E: nickysplaice@eircom.net T: +353 1 8326415 W: nickysplaice.com C: Martin McLoughlin Normandy Ireland Ltd. The Pier, Schull, Co. Cork E: ndy@normandyireland.com T: +353 28 28599 C: Xavier Legrix

Oceanpath Ltd. Claremont Industrial Estate, West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin E: sales@oceanpath.ie T: +353 1 8398900 W: oceanpath.ie C: Ken Ecock Rene Cusack Ltd. Raheen Industrial Estate, Limerick E: paulcusack@renecusack.ie T: +353 61 317566 W: renecus.com C: Paul Cusack Renvyle Fisheries Connemara Ltd. Tullyillion, Renvyle, Connemara, Co. Galway E: fisheries@diamonds-of-renvyle. com T: +353 95 43486 C: Liam Diamond Rockabill Shellfish Ltd. Stephenstown Industrial Estate, Balbriggan, Dublin E: rsf@indigo.ie T: +353 1 8417874 C: Bill Price / Alan Price Saltees Fish Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford E: michael@salteesfish.ie T: +353 53 9129870 W: salteesfish.ie C: Michael O’Flaherty Scibeen Foods Ltd. Abington, Murroe, Co. Limerick T: +353 61 386005 C: Michael O’Callaghan Seafood Cuisine Ltd. Fastnet Industrial Estate, Marsh Road, Skibbereen, Co. Cork E: seafoodcuisine@gmail.com T: +353 28 21869 C: Padraigh O’Donovan Sealyons Seafood Ltd. Castle Pier, Carrigaholt, Co. Clare E: info@sealyons.ie T: +353 65 9058222 C: Gearoid Lyons Select Seafoods Ltd. Butterly Business Park, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5 E: selectseafoods@eircom.net T: +353 1 8486839 C: Brendan Boylan

Spillane Seafoods Lockabane, Killarney, Co. Kerry E: seafood@eircom.net T: +353 64 31320 C: Paudie Spillane Star Seafoods Ltd. Dauro, Kenmare, Co. Kerry E: starseafoods@eircom.net T: +353 64 41427 C: Danny McCarthy Starcrest Seafoods Ltd. The Mullins, Old Laghey Road, Donegal Town, Co. Donegal E: starcrestseafoods@eircom.net T: +353 74 9721092 C: Alister McClay The Fisherman Unit 1, Ballybane Industrial Estate, Co. Galway T: +353 91 760127 C: Patrick O’Malley Thomas Mulloy Ltd. 3 West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin E: info@mulloys.ie T: +353 6611222 W: mulloys.ie C: Thomas Mulloy Ummera Smoked Products Ltd. Ummera House, Inchybridge, Timoleague, Co. Cork E: info@ummera.com T: +353 23 46644 C: Anthony Creswell Union Hall Smoked Fish Ltd. Union Hall, Co. Cork E: nolanelmar@hotmail.com T: +353 28 33125 C: Sean Nolan William Carr & Sons Ltd. Curraglass, Mallow, Co. Cork E: billyc@wmcarr.com T: +353 58 56216 C: Billy Carr Wrights of Howth 14 West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin E: mark@wrightsofhowth.com T: +353 1 8323937 W: wrightsofhowth.com C: Mark Wright

O’Cathain Iasc Teo The Quay, Dingle, Co. Kerry E: 2cathainiasc@eircom.net T: +353 66 9151322 W: iascteo.com C: Ricky Keane

Shellfish De La Mer Ltd. Dinish Island, Castletownbere, Co. Cork E: info@shellfishireland.com T: +353 27 70461 W: shellfishireland.com C: Richard Murphy

Wrights of Marino 21 Marino Mart, Marino, Dublin 3 E: info@wrightsofmarino.com T: +353 1 8333636 W: wrightsofmarino.com C: John Wright

Ocean Marine Ltd. 25A Monkstown Farm, Monkstown, Co. Dublin E: info@oceanmarine.ie T: +353 1 2802842 C: Darren Rogerson

Spa Seafoods The Spa, Tralee, Co. Kerry E: spa_seafoods@iolfree.ie T: +353 66 7136901 W: spaseafoods.com C: Brendan Walsh

Yawl Bay Seafoods Foxhole Industrial Estate, Youghal, Co. Cork E: yawlbay@indigo.ie T: +353 24 92290 C: David Browne

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Suppliers to the Aquaculture Industry T: Telephone

M: Mobile

F: Fax

CONSULTANTS Aquafact International Ltd. 12 Kilkerrin Park, Liosbaun, Tuam Road, Galway C: Brendan Costelloe T: (091) 756812 / 756813 F: (091) 7556888 E: info@aquafact.ie Aqua Consultant Ballinahallia, Moycullen, Galway C: Mr. Diarmuid Mulcahy M: 087 2266472 E: diarmuid51@gmail.com AquaTT Ltd Unit 3, Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8 C: David Murphy T: (01) 6449008 F: (01) 6449009 E: info@aquatt.ie Atlantic Fare Kilkieran, Connemara, Galway C: Valerie Cooke T: (095) 33300 F: (095) 33453 M: 087 6502645 E: sales@ispg.ie IDF Monitoring Unit 3, Killaoe Industrial Est., Killaloe Co. Clare C: Dr John Wallace T: 061-375180 E: info@marineinformatics.com Jennings & O’Donnovan Finisklin Industrial Estate, Sligo C: Colm Jennings T: (071) 9161416 F: (071) 9161080 W: jodireland.com Watermark Aqua-Environmental Ballywaltrim, Killarney Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow C: Dr. Neil Bass T: 286200 M: 087 2481581 E: neilbass@iol.ie

E: Email

W: Web

C: Contact

Hensey Glan-Uisce Teo Coismeigmore, Furbo, Galway C: Mary Hensey T: (091) 592174 M: 087 2860845 E: info@glan-uisce.ie

GENERAL Air Products Ireland Ltd Unit 950 Western Industrial Est., Kileen Road, Dublin 12 T: 01 4659650 Akva Group 36F Shore Road, Inverness IVI INF, Scotland T: 0044 146322 1444 F: 0044 146322 3535 W: www.akvagroup.com/ Alnamaritec Ltd Workspace Quay Road, Blyth Northumberland NE24 IPX, UK T: 0044 1670 338475 E: gavin@alnamaritec.com Alltech Ireland Summerhill Road, Sarney, Dunboyne, Co Meath T: 8252244 Aquabeam BTB Innovation 357 Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7NB, UK C: David R Holt T: 0044 1476 576280 F: 0044 1476 561557 E: mail@bgbinnovation.com Sarl Besnard P&F La Masseliere, 72200 Bazouges/Loir, France T: 00(0) 2 43 940982 E: a.besnard@besnard-ste.fr

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Bonnar Engineering Neil T Blaney Road, Letterkenny, Donegal C: Pat Bonnar T: (074) 9122256 F: (074) 9124877 E: info@bonnarengltd.ie

Aqua-Fact International Services Ltd. 12 Kilkerrin Park, Liosbaun, Tuam Road, Galway T: (091) 756812 / 756813 F: (091) 756888 E: info@aquafact.ie

C H Marine Marsh Road, Skibbereen, Cork C: Nicholas Bendon T: (028) 23190 E: sales@chmarine.com W: www.chmarine.com

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Cochon 11 Rue Belles Ezines-BP2, 17680 Le Gua, France C: Christophe Pierre T: 00 33 546228214 / 2983 F: 00 33 546228719 Delta Valves and Plastics West Link Business Park, Kilnap, Old Mallow Road, Cork C: Peter Harrington T: (021) 4 399377/021-4399388 F: (021) 439 9388 E: info@deltavalves.ie Depur Systems Ltd Moneycarragh Fishfarm, 62 Dromara Road, Dundrum, Co. Down, Northern Ireland C: John Smyth T: 048 43751860 E: info@depursystems.com Dryden Aqua Ltd Butlerfield Ind. Est, Bonnyrigg, EH I 9 3JQ, Midlothian, Scotland UK C: Howard Dryden T: 00 44 1875822222 F: 00 44 1875822229 E: aqua@drydenaqua.com DSM Industriholmen 59, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark T: 0045 43208981 Dundrum Bay Oyster Fishery 24 Main Street, Dundrum, Newcastle, Down, Northern Ireland UK C: Robert Graham T: (048) 43751810 F: (048) 43751610 Eddie Carr and Co. Ltd Colga. Calry, Sligo, Rep. of Ireland C: Eddie Carr T: (071) 9147180 M: 087 2544217 F: (071) 9147182 E: sales@eddiecarr.com France Naissain Polder des Champs, 85230 Bouin, France T: 00 33 299 8989 89r E: vj.pascal@oranfe.fr Fishtechnic Fredelslomh Gmbh 37186 Moringen, Germany T: 0049 5555 99300 E: fishtenik@t-online.de

Fusion Marine Marine Resource Centre, Barcaldine, Oban, Argyll PA37 15E, Scotland UK T: 0044 1631 720730 F: 0044 1631 720731 E: enquiries@fusionmarine.com Gael Force Marine Ltd. 136 Anderson Street, Inverness, IV3 8OH, Scotland UK T: 0044 1463 229400 E: sales@gaelforce.net Gem Plastics Regaskin, Co. Cavan C: James King T: 049 43 31077 F: 049 43 61157 E: sales@gemplastics.ie JFC Manufacturing Co Ltd Weir Road, Tuam, Co Galway T: (093) 24066 E: info@jfcmarine.com W: jfcmarine.com JF Moulds / Eco Tanks Portnason, Ballyshannon, Donegal C: John Fenton T: (071) 9851025 E: jfmoulds@eircom.net J T Electric Kambsdalur, Faroe Islands T: 00298 47 4444 F: 00258 47 4445 E: info@jt.fo J & W Stuart (Ire) Ltd Castletownbere, Co. Cork C: Michael Murphy T: 027 71663 F: 027 70973 M: 086 2667991 Kingspan/Aerobord Ltd. Askeaton, Limerick C: John Blessing T: (061) 604600 F: (061) 604601 E: john.blessing@kingspan.com Ksteel Garrafrauns, Dunmore, Tuam, Co Galway T: (093) 38677 E: ksteel@live.ie Liftup Akua AS N-5640 Eikelandsosen, Norway C: Jorgin Gunnarsson T: 0047 56582711 E: mail@liftup.no

Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland

Marketech The Pier, Ballycotton, Cork C: Peter McKeown T: (021) 4646134 M: (086) 8100113 F: (021) 4646756 E: peter@marketech.ie Marinove SAS Le Terrain Neuf 9570 L’Epine France T: 0033 228 129520 E: commercial@marinove.fr W: www.marinove.fr MSD Animal Health Red Oak North, South County Business Park, Dublin 18 T: 01 237 0220 Mulot SAS ZA des Brassons 17390 La Tremblade, France C: Patrice Godeau T: 0033 6 13 223232 Maintenance and aftersales service Skyport Engineering T: 098 56414 E: jhenry@skyport.ie

Triskell Seafood Ltd. Unit 9E, North West Business Park Collooneey Co Sligo Ireland T: +353 (0) 71 9115886 M: +353 (0) 87 2451558

+353 (0) 89 4631003

+353 (0) 87 6050281 (Sales) E: info@triskellseafood.com W: www.triskellseafood.com Tropical Marine Centre TCM Bristol Cribbs Causeway Centre Bristol BS10777 T: 0044 117 958 1150 E: commercial@ tropicalmarinecentre.co.uk Tyson’s (Ship Riggers) Ltd Unit 4, Omega B usiness Park, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK T: 0044 1472 347065

Organic Trust Ltd. Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3 T: 01 853 0271

Vaki Akralind, No. 4, 201 Kopauogur, Iceland C: David Jarron T: 00 354 5953000 E: david@vaki.is

Ocea Aquaculture Ltd Torrangorm Industrial Est Unit 1A, PA34 4PA Scotland T: 0044 7511 114500 T: 0047 5538 5000 W: ocea.no

Veolia Water Ireland Ltd Kilkenny Industrial & Business Park, Purcellsinch, Dublin Road, Kilkenny T: (056) 7763950 E: salesenquiries@veolia.ie

Satmar Gatteville-Phare, France C: Stephane Duval T: 00 33 (0) 233448036 F: 00 33 (0) 233231255 E: stephane.satmar@orange.fr

Wire Ropes Ltd. North Quay, Wicklow C: Mr Clyde Wynne T: (0404) 67375 F: (0404) 67053

Sterner AquaTech 1 Longman Drive, Inverness, Scotland UK C: Mark Farquhar T: 00441463 250275 F: 0044 1463 250275 E: info@sterner.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS

Sotra Anchor & Chain Videnes, 5363 Aagotnes, Norway T: 0047 56326852 E: nicolai@sotra.net Storvik As Kilmory Industrial Estate, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA 31RR, Scotland C: Lorraine Campbell T: 0044 1 546603989 0044 188077070 Techworks Marine The Pottery Enterprise Zone Potttery Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin T: 01 2365900

Aquaculture UK 2020 5M Publishing, 8 Smythywood Drive, Sheffield, SC51QN, UK, T: 0044 1142 46 4799 E: you2us@5mpublishing.com Aquanor 2019 Nor Fishing Foundation N 7030Trondheim, Norway T: 0047 90841124 E: mailbox@nor-fishing.no

FINFISH FEED Aller Aqua (Ireland) Ltd. Allervej 130, DK 6070, Christianfeld, Denmark T: 00 45 7022 1910 W: aller-aqua.com

Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland

BioMar Ltd North Shore Road, Grangemouth FK38UL, Scotland T: 0044 1324665585 Le Gouessant Aquaculture Zi Les Noes 22 400 St Aaron Lamballe France C: Francois Ferrand T: 0033 (0)2 96307474 F: 0033 (0)2 96307432 E: contact.aqua@legouessant.fr W: aqua.legouessant.fr Coppens International bv 15 Swindon Road, Redlands Highworth, Wiltshire SN6 7SL C: Matthew French T: 0044 778 6083485 E: info@coppens.eu Skrettring Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6DF, T: 0044 1606 561090 E: info.aqua@skretting.com W: skretting.com Triskell Seafood Ltd. Unit 9E, North West Business Park Collooneey Co Sligo Ireland T: +353 (0) 71 9115886 M: +353 (0) 87 2451558

+353 (0) 89 4631003

+353 (0) 87 6050281 (Sales) E: info@triskellseafood.com W: www.triskellseafood.com C: Marie Aude Danguy United Fish Industries Killybegs, Donegal C: John Healy T: (074) 97 41800 F: (074) 97 41847

FINFISH STOCK Landcatch Natural Selection A Hendrix Genetics Company Ormsary, Loghgilpheard, Argyll, Scotland Pa31 8PE, UK T: 0044 1880 770720 E: enquiries@hendrix-genetics.com MOWI Kindrum, Fanad, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal C: Jan Fennstra T: (074) 9192820 E: irishsales@marineharvest.com Stofnfiskur SF Iceland Stadarberg 2-4, P O Box 24, 222 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland C: Jonas Jonasson T: (354) 564 63 00 F: (354) 564 63 01 E: fiskur@stofnfiskur.is

INSURANCE MCM Insurance Brokers Wellworth Buildings, Bridge Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo T: 096 72977 Suderland Marine Aquaculture Risk (Management) Ltd The Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13DU, England, UK C: Robert Ferguson T: 0044 191 232 5221 F: 0044 191 261 0540 E: robert.ferguson@ sunderlandmarine.com

MAPS LaTene Maps Station House, Shankill, Co. Dublin C: John Coleman T: (01) 2823688 E: enquires@latenemaps.com W: latenemaps.com

NETS Aqualine AS Post Boks 2200 7412 Trondheim, Norway C: Hans Olav Ruo T: 0047 73809932 E: hans.olaf.ruo.@aqualine.no Cavanagh Nets Ltd. Drumaweir House, Greencastle, Donegal C: Mr. Lawrence Cavanagh T: (074) 9381178 F: (074) 9381014 Coastal Cages Ballymoon, Kilcar, Donegal C: Martin Carr T: (074) 9738406 F: (074) 9738406 Morenet Teo Tiernee Industrial Estate, Lettermore, Co Galway T: (091) 551144 Swan Net Gundry Ltd Roshine, Killybegs, Co. Donegal C: Martin Howley T: (074) 97 31180 W and J Knox Ltd. Kilbirnie, KA25 7DY, Scotland UK C: Ms. Julie McDonald T: 00 44 1505 682511 F: 00 44 1505 682980 E: nets@wj-knox.co.uk

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PHOTOGRAPHY

SMOLT

Aquaphoto Picture Library Claggan, Kilmeena, Westport, Co. Mayo C: Shay Fennelly M: +353 (0)83 4658374 E: shayfennelly@eircom.net

Ballinderry River Enhancement Association Orritor, Cookstown, BT80 9ND, Tyrone, Northern Ireland UK C: Alan Keys T: (048) 86751201

SECURITY SYSTEMS Barry Electronics Ltd. St. Catherines Road, Killybegs, Donegal C: Donal Haughey T: (074) 97 31215 E: chris@bel.ie

SHELLFISH STOCK Guernsey Sea Farms Parc Lane, Vale, GY3 SEQ, Guernsey, Channel Islands C: Mark Dravers T: 00 44 1481 247480 F: 00 44 1481 248994 E: oyster@guernseyseafarms.com Marinove SAS Le Terrain Neuf 9570 L’Epine France T: 0033 228 129520 E: commercial@marinove.fr W: www.marinove.fr Morecambe Bay Oysters Old Gravel Works, South Walney Island, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 3YQ C: Kelsey Thompson T: 0044 1229 474158 F: 0044 1229 474500 E: info@morecambayoysters.co.uk Redbank Oyster Hatchery. Ltd. New Quay, Burrin, Clare C: Mr. Jarlaith Connellan T: (065) 70 78189 F: (065) 70 78055 Satmar Gatteville-Phare, France C: Stephane Duval T: 00 33(0) 2 33448036 E: stephane.satmar@orange.fr Tralee Bay Hatchery The Ponds, Kilshanning, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry C: Darragh Moriarity T: 353 66713909 M: 00353863966566 E: info@traleebayhatchery.com

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Carrigadrohid Smolts Ltd. Carridadrohid Hatchery, Macroom, Cork T: (026) 48132 M: 087 9080521 F: (026) 48054 E: declanquigley@eircom.net Connemara Fishfarms Doorus, Corr na Mona, Galway C: Paul Sommerville T: (094) 95 48193 F: (094) 95 48194 Douglas Valley Hatchery Ltd. Kilclough, Kilworth, Cork C: Michael Walsh T: (025) 27337 F: (025) 27635 Eir Nor Teoranta (Laschinger Aqua Group) Ballyhea, Dingle, Kerry C: Gerald Hofmaier, T: (066) 9151139 T: (066) 9150008/9 F: (066) 9151133 ESB Hatchery (Ballyshannon) Knather Road, Ballyshannon, Donegal C: John Gallagher T: (071) 9851712 F: (071) 9852318 Marine Institute Salmon Management Division Furnace, Newport, Mayo C: Deirdre Cotter T: (098) 42300 Millbrook Hatcheries Drumcavney, Trenta, Letterkenny, Donegal C: John O’Boyle T: (074) 9737474 Northern Salmon Company Glenarm Hatchery, Glenarm, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK C: John Russel T: (048) 2841691 Santa Cruise Salmon Ltd. Carrigahorig, Nenagh, Tipperary C: Peter Gibbs T: (090) 9747122

Seven Springs Trout Hatchery Ballyhampton Road North, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland UK C: David Baird T: (048) 28260977 Sperrin Mountain Spring Hatchery 109 Fergarron Road, Cookstown BT80 9QL, Tyrone, Northern Ireland UK C: Wilfred Mitchell T: (048) 81659700

TRAINING, PUBLICATIONS and WEB

Fish Farmer Magazine 496 Ferry Raod, Edinburgh EH52DL, Scotland C: William Dowds T: 00 44 1315511000 W: fishfarmer-magazine.com Fish Farming International Nexus Place, 25 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AD, UK C: Ratchel Mutter T: 00 44 2070295714 Institute of Aquaculture University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland UK T: 00 44 1786 467874 F: 00 44 1786 472133 E: aquaculture@stir.ac.uk Inshore Ireland Athenry, Co Galway H65FR59 C: Gery Flynn E: flynn@inshore-ireland.com W: inshore-ireland.com

Sparsholt College Hampshire, Winchester, S021 2NF, England UK T: 00 44 1962776411 F: 00 44 1962776587 WWW.UNDERCURRENTNEWS.COM E: info@undercurrentnews.com

Aquaculture Development Centre University College Cork, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork C: Gavin Burnell T: +353 (0)21 4904590 M: +353 (0)86 8206464 F: +353 (0)21 4904593 E: g.burnell@ucc.ie W: http://adc.ucc.ie Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland Athenry, Co. Galway C: Roger Cole T: 353 (0) 2859111 E: roger.cole@bim.ie W: aquacultureand seafoodireland.com

Marine Times Cranny Road Inver Co. Donegal C: Mark McCarthy T: (074) 97 36899 F: (074) 97 32635 E: marinetimes@eircom.net W: marinetimes.ie

VETERINARY Aquatic Veterinary Group BioResearch Ireland, National Diagnostics Centre, University College Galway, Galway C: Ms. Margaret Ruttledge/ C: Ms. Evelyn Collins T: (091) 524098 F: (091) 586570 Kaycee Veterinary Products 14 Enterprise Park Lewes Road Lindfield West Sussex RH162LH, UK T: 0044 1444482888 E: sales@kaycee.co.uk W: kaycee.co.uk MSD Animal Health Red Oak North, South County Business Park, Dublin 18 T: 01 237 0220 Pharmaq Unit 15 Sandleheath Ind. Est. Fordingbridge Hampshire SP61PA, UK T: 01 237 0220 E: orders@pharmaq.no W: pharmaq.com Vet-Aqua International Unit 7B Oranmore Business Park, Oranmore, Galway C: Hamish Rodger T: (091) 792997 E: vetaquainter@gmail.com

The Skipper Maramedia Annagry, Letterkenny, Donegal C: Hugh Bonner T: (074) 9548935 F: (074) 9548940 E: hugh@maramedia.ie

Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland

Irish Seafood Exporters T: Telphone

F: Fax

SHELLFISH Atlanfish Limited Malin Road Carndonagh Donegal Ireland C: Gareth Gallagher Managing Director T: +353 74 937 4285 +44 777 486 4900 F: +353 74 937 4685 E: gareth@atlanfish.com W: atlanfish.com Bantry Bay Seafoods Gortalassa Bantry Co. Cork Ireland T: +353 27 50 977 F: +353 27 50 943 E: info@bantrybayseafoods.com W: bantrybayseafoods.com Bell’s Isle Seafoods Tullyearl Co. Donegal Ireland C: Des Moore Managing Director T: +353 74 97 22 791 F: +353 74 97 23 858 M: +353 8 76 53 67 81 Breizon Limited Dalriada Mina Inverin Rossaveal Co. Galway Ireland C: Loic Guenael Managing Director T: +353 91 572 157 F: +353 91 572 246 E: natasha@breizon.com Clogherhead Fishermen’s Co-Op Clogherhead Co. Louth Ireland C: Paul Boyd General Manager T: +353 41 988 1403 F: +353 41 988 1405 E: paulboyd@cloghercoop.com Connemara Seafoods Seafood House Kilmeena Westport Co. Mayo Ireland C: Ann-Marie Mulloy Business Development Manager T: +353 98 41000 +353 98 41328 +353 98 41772 F: +353 98 41666 E: ammulloy@connemara seafoods.com W: connemaraseafoods.com

M: Mobile

E: Email

Emerald Mussels Limited Carrowholly Westport, Mayo Ireland C: George Golden Managing Director T: +353 98 26376 F: +353 98 26431 E: carrowhollyshellfish.net Errigal Bay Seafood Parkview House, Beech Hill Office Campus, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 D04X7Z Ireland C: Margaret Daly T: +353 1 908 8100 E: margaret.daly@errigalbay.com Fastnet Mussels Gearhies Bantry Co. Cork Ireland C: John Murphy Managing Director T: +353 27 61276 M: +353 86 244 0573 F: +353 27 61264 E: john.murphy@ fastnetmussels.com W: fastnetmussels.com Galway and Aran Co-Op The Pier Rossaveal Co. Galway Ireland C: Sean Griffin General Manager T: +353 91 572 161 F: +353 91 572 134 E: s.griffin@galwayandaran.ie Glenmar Shellfish Limited Main Street Union Hall Co. Cork Ireland C: Mel Bendon Managing Director T: +353 28 33818 F: +353 28 33099 E: info@glenmarshellfish.com W: glenmarshellfish.com Hannigan Fish Trading Limited Fintra Road Killybegs Co. Donegal Ireland C: Jimmy White General Manager T: +353 74 973 2134 F: +353 74 975 3622 E: hftrading@eircom.net W: liveirishshelfish.com

Aquaculture & Seafood Ireland

W: Web

C: Contact

Kush Shelfish O’Sheas Buildings Kenmare Co. Kerry Ireland C: John Harrington Managing Director T: +353 64 664 1714 F: +353 64 664 1751 E: info@kush.ie W: kush.ie

Wrights of Howth 14 West Pier, Howth Co. Dublin Ireland C: Mark Wright Managing Director T: +353 1 832 3937 F: +353 1 832 0201 E: mark@wrightsofhowth.com W: wrightsofhowth.com

Michael Kelly (Shelfish) Limited Tyrone Kilcolgan Co. Galway Ireland C: Diarmuid Kelly General Manager T: +353 91 796 120 F: +353 91 796 720 E: kellyoysters@eircom.net W: kellyoysters.com

SALMON

Rockabill Shellfish Stephenstown Industrial Estate, Balbriggan Co. Dublin Ireland C: Alan Price Sales & Marketing Consultant T: +353 1 841 7874 F: +353 1 841 7876 E: aprice@rockabill.ie admin@rockabill.ie W: rockabill.ie Shellfish De La Mer Dinish Island Castletownbere Co. Cork, Ireland C: Damian Connolly Export Manager T: +353 27 70461 F: +353 27 70333 M: +353 87 950 6599 E: damian@shellfishireland.com W: shelfishireland.com Sofrimar Limited Kilmore Quay Co. Wexford Ireland C: Yohann Pierard Sales & Marketing Manager T: +353 53 912 9660 F: +353 53 912 9699 E: yohann@sofrimar.ie W: sofrimar.ie Triskell Seafood Ltd. Unit 9E, North West Business Park Collooneey Co Sligo Ireland T: +353 (0) 71 9115886 M: +353 (0) 87 2451558

+353 (0) 89 4631003

+353 (0) 87 6050281 (Sales) E: info@triskellseafood.com W: www.triskellseafood.com C: Marie Aude Danguy

Burren Smokehouse Limited Kincora Road Lisdoonvarna Co. Clare, Ireland C: Birgitta Curtin Managing Director T: +353 65 707 4432 F: +353 65 707 4303 E: birgitta@burrensmokehouse.ie W: burrensmokehouse.ie Connemara Fisheries Limited Cornamona Connemara Co. Galway Ireland C: Kathleen Nee Sales & Marketing Manager T: +353 94 954 8193 F: +353 94 954 8194 E: connemarafisheries@eircom.net W: connemarafisheries.com Irish Seafood Producers Group Limited Kilkieran, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland C: Valerie Cooke Export Sales Manager T: +353 95 33300 F: +353 95 33454 E: Valerie@ispg.ie W: atlanticfare.com Irish Seaspray Tir An Fhia Lettermore, Co. Galway, Ireland C: Sean Gavin Managing Director T: +353 91 551 222 F: +353 91 551 234 E: sgavin@irishseaspray.com W: irishseaspray.com Kenmare Select 84 Rue du Cherche Midi Paris 75006, France C: Cyprien Benoit Director, Business Development T: +33 61 637 1534 F: +353 1 4222 0206 E: cyprien.benoit@kenmare-select. com W: kenmare-select.com

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Kinvara Smoked Salmon Limited Kinvara, Co. Galway, Ireland C: Declan Droney Managing Director T: +353 91 637 489 F: +353 91 638 193 E: Declan@kinvarasmokedsalmon. com W: kinvarasmokedsalmon.com Marine Harvest Ireland Rinmore Fanad, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland C: Pat Connors Sales Director T: +353 74 919 2820 F: +353 74 919 2825 E: pat.connors@marineharvest. com W: marineharvest.com donegalsilver.ie theorganicsalmoncompany.ie Oceanpath/Dunns of Dublin West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland C: Ken Ecock Managing Director T: +353 1 839 8900 F: +353 1 839 8930 E: ken@oceanpath.ie W: dunns.ie William Carr & Sons Limited Curraglass Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland C: Billy Carr Managing Director T: +353 58 56216 F: +353 58 56434 E: billy.carr@carrshellfish.com W: wmcarr.com Wrights of Howth 14 West Pier Howth, Co. Dublin, Ireland C: Mark Wright Managing Director T: +353 1 832 3937 F: +353 1 832 0201 E: mark@wrightsofhowth.com W: wrightsofhowth.com BORD BIA - Irish Food Board Clanwilliam Court Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland C: Director Markets Michael Murphy C: International Markets Manager - Breiffine Kennedy T: +353 1 668 5155 F: +353 1 6687521 E: info@bordbia.ie W: bordbia.ie

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Algaran Teoranta Cashlings Kilcar, Co. Donegal Ireland C: Rosaria Piseri T: +353 74 9738961 F: +353 74 9738823 E: rosaria@algaran.com W: seaweedproducts.ie

Carraig Fhada Seaweed Ltd Cabra, Rathlee, Easkey Co. Sligo Ireland C: Betty Melvin T: +353 96 49042 F: +353 96 49042 E: carraigseaweed@eircom.net

Arramara Teoranta Kilkieran Connemara Co. Galway Ireland C: Dónall Mac Giolla Bhríde T: +353 95 33404 F: +353 95 33494 E: info2@arramara.ie W: arramara.ie

Cartron Point Shellfish New Quay, Burrin Co. Clare Ireland C: Freddie O’Mahony T: +353 27 62990 E: freddieomahony@eircom.net

BioAtlantis Limited Tom Crean Centre, Kerry Technology Park Tralee, Co. Kerry Ireland C: John T. O’Sullivan T: +353 66 7118477 F: +353 66 7119802 E: info@bioatlantis.com W: bioatlantis.com Blath na Mara Eoghnacht, Inis Mor, Aran Islands Co. Galway Ireland C: Máirtín O’Conceanainn T: +353 99 61411 E: blathnamara@eircom.net W: blathnamara.com Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) New Docks Co. Galway Ireland C: Máirtín Walsh T: +353 91 539364 F: +354 91 568569 E: walshm@bim.ie W: bim.ie Brandon Products Limited Mounthawk Buisness Centre, Mounthawk Tralee Co. Kerry Ireland C: Paul Mullins T: +353 66 7181160 F: +353 66 7181161 E: brandon@brandonproducts.com W: brandonproducts.com

Celtic Seaweed Baths Products Ltd. Maritime Centre Strandhill, Co. Sligo Ireland C: Mark Walton T: +353 71 9168956 F: +353 71 9168012 E: mark.walton@voya.ie W: voya.ie Centre for Renewable Energy Dundalk Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Dundalk Co. Louth Ireland C: Paul Macartain T: +353 42 9370474 E: credit@dkit.ie W: credit.ie Cleggan Seaweed Company Dock Road Cleggan, Co. Galway Ireland C: John King T: +353 95 44649 E: fisherking9@gmail.com Cybercolloids Limited Site 13, Unit 4A, Carrigaline Industrial Estate Carrigaline Co. Cork Ireland C: Ross Campbell T: +353 21 4375773 E: info@cybercolloids.net W: cybercolloids.net

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Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Marine Planning/Foreshore) Newtown Road Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland C: Bernard Nolan T: +353 53 9117367 E: bernard.nolan@environ.ie W: environ.ie Dingle Bay Seaweed Ltd Oakmount Castletownbere Co. Cork, Ireland C: Mike Murphy T: +353 86 2607991 C: Liz O’Leary T: +353 87 9192397 Erris Seaweed & Shellfish No. 6, Inver, Barr na Tra, Ballina, Co. Mayo Ireland C: Gerard Heneghan T: +353 97 84976 Feamainn Fiain Teoranta Kylebroughlan, Moycullen Co. Galway Ireland C: Michael Beatty T: +353 87 1376476 E: mtbeatt@gmail.com Feamainn Organach Chonamara Teoranta Ros a’ Mhil Co. Galway Ireland C: Noel Lee T: + 353 87 2830809 E: noel@kelpireland.com W: kelpireland.com Galway Bay Marine Limited Mountain Road Moycullen Co. Galway, Ireland C: Philip Casburn T: +353 91 556239 F: +353 91 556239 E: philip@sea-nymph-ireland.com W: sea-nymph-ireland.com Healthyyou 7 Lyndon Crescent, Donnybrook, Douglas Co. Cork Ireland C: Dermot Twomey T: +353 21 4892726 E: dermot@seaweedsalads.ie W: seaweedsalads.ie

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Indigo Rock Marine Research Station Gearhies Bantry, Co. Cork Ireland C: Julie Maguire T: +353 27 61276 F: +353 27 61264 E: julie.maguire@dommrc.com W: indigorock.org Institute of Technology, Sligo Ash Lane Sligo Co. Sligo Ireland C: John Bartlett T: +353 71 9155314 W: bartlett.john@itsligo.ie Irish Seaweed Conultancy Clybaun Road, Knocknacarra Galway Co. Galway Ireland C: Anna Soler T: +353 87 7208191 E: anna.soler@irishseaweed.com W: irishseaweedconsultancy.com Irish Seaweed Processors Limited Rossmore Quay, Woodford Portumna Co. Galway Ireland C: Tony Barrett T: +353 909 749071 F: +353 909 749255 E: tbarrett@irishalgae.com W: irishalgae.com Irish Seaweed Research Group Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway University Road Co. Galway Ireland T: +353 91 492377 W: irishseaweed.com K & M Aquatic Plant Enterprises Thornville Killinick Co. Wexford Ireland C: Mary Meyler T: + 353 53 9175995 F: + 353 53 9175995 E: info@oceanleaves.ie W: oceanleaves.ie

Lo-tide Fine Foods Limited Moyna, Kilmeena, Westport Co. Mayo Ireland C: Seamus Moran T: +353 98 42616 F: +353 98 42616 E: info@lo-tide.com W: lo-tide.com Marigot Limited Strand Farm, Currabinny Carrigaline Co. Cork Ireland C: Michael Ryan T: +353 21 4378377 F: +353 21 4378466 E: celticsm@indigo.ie W: celticseaminerals.com Marine Institute Rinville Oranmore Co. Galway Ireland C: Francis O’Beirne T: +353 91 387250 E: francis.obeirn@marine.ie W: marine.ie Ocean Harvest Technology Limited Mausrevagh, Kilcoona, Headford Co. Galway Ireland C: Stefan Kraan T: +353 93 51807 E: stefan@oceanharvest.ie W: oceanharvest.com Oilean Glas Teoranta Ballymoon Industrial Estate Kilcar Co. Donegal Ireland C: Declan Gallagher T: +353 74 9738860 F: +353 74 9738854 E: declan@ogt.ie W: ogt.ie Quality Sea Vegetables Cloughglass Burtonport Co. Donegal Ireland C: Manus MacGonagle T: +353 74 9542159 F: +353 74 9542159 E: qualityseaveg@eircom.net W: qualityseaveg.ie

Rí na Mara Teoranta Seannagurrain Spiddal Co. Galway Ireland C: Seamas MacCathmhaoil T: +353 91 553047 F: +353 91 553047 E: info@rinamara.com W: rinamara.com Roaring Water Sea Vegetable Company East End, Ash Tree Cottage, Dunbeacon, Durrus Co. Cork Ireland C: Paul Cobb T: +353 86 7870657 W: roaringwatervegetables.ie Seahorse Atlantic Oakmount Castletownebere Co. Cork Ireland C: Sarah Jane O’Sullivan T: +353 27 71663 E: info@seahorseatlantic.ie W: seahorseatlantic.ie

Sherkin Island Marine Station Sherkin Island Co. Cork Ireland C: Matt Murphy T: +353 28 20187 F: +353 28 20407 E: sherkinmarine@eircom.net W: sherkinmarine.ie Waterford Sea Vegetables Ballinagaul, Ring Dungarvan Co. Waterford Ireland C: Nicholas Paul T: +353 58 46168 E: info@glasraimara.ie Wild Irish Sea Vegetables Caherush Quilty Co. Clare Ireland C: Gerard Talty T: +353 87 0922555 E: info@wildirishseaveg.com W: wildirishseaveg.com

Seamus O’Grady Fahamore Castlegregory Co. Kerry Ireland C: Seamus O’Grady T: +353 87 6737701 E: jimmycian@gmail.com Seavite Bodycare Limited 26 Maunsells Road Taylors Hill Co. Galway Ireland C: Kaye Mulrooney T: +353 91 521351 F: +353 91 527701 E: contact@seavite.ie W: seavite.ie Seaweed Limited Kylebroughlan, Moycullen Co. Galway Ireland C: Graham Casburn T: +353 91 773370 F: +353 91 773371 E: info@carabay.ie

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Fish Farms in Northern Ireland T: Telphone

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Freshwater Glenariffe Trout Farm 5 Glen Road Glenariff Co. Antrim BT 44 ORF E: hughdelargy@gmail.com T: 028 21772155 C: Hugh Delargy Glenoak Fisheries 1 Nutts Corner Road Crumlin Co. Antrim N. Ireland E: RMairs@rjmarchitects.com T: 02894452975 C: Raymond Mairs Northern Salmon Company Castle Demesne, Glenarm Co. Antrim BT440BD E: john@glenarmorganic salmon.com T: 02828841691 C: John Russell Otterburn Farm 31 Caddy Road, Randalstown Co. Antrim BT41 3 DL N. Ireland E: lee.beverland@btconnect.com T: 028 9447 2002 C: Lee Beverland Seven Springs Hatchery Ballyhampton Road Larne Co. Antrim N. Ireland E: bhj.troutex@gmail.com T: 028 28260977 C: Brian Johnston Silverstream Fisheries Ltd Old Corby Mill, Limnavallaghan Road Clough, Martinstown Co. Antrim N. Ireland E: silverstream@btinternet.com T: 028 21758655 C: Hugh Delargy Straid Trout Fisheries 21 Castletown Road, Ballynure Ballyclare Co. Antrim BT39 9PU N. Ireland C: Marcus Malley Movanagher Fish Farm DCAL 152 Vow Road, Kilrea Ballymoney Co. Antrim N. Ireland T: 048 29540533

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Moneycarragh Fish Farm 60 Dromara Road Dundrum Co. Down E: moneycarraghfishfarm@ yahoo.co.uk C: John Smyth

Rectory Lodge Fishery 10 Rectory Road, Cookstown Co. Tyrone N. Ireland E: mauricelyttle@googlemail.com C: Maurice Lyttle

Charlie Morgan 26 Wrack Road, Ballymartin Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4NT C: Charllie Morgan

Tommy Marshall 314 Coalisland Road Dungannon Co. Tyrone BT71 6ET N. Ireland T: 02887740649 C: Tommy Marshall

EMEC Ltd 126 Marble Arch Road, Killesher Florencecourt Co. Fermanagh E: info@ernemelvin.com T: 048 66349974 C: Paul Kearney BREA Orritor Hatchery, Orritor Road Cookstown Co. Tyrone BT80 9ND C: Alan Keys Judestream Fish Farm Scotchtown Lane, Balindery Bridge Coagh Co. Tyrone C: Tommy Devlin Blue Valley Fish Farm 14 Upper Kildress Rd Cookstown Co. Tyrone BT80 9RS E: mmca14@yahoo.co.uk T: 02887740649 C: Mark McAlister Pluckmill Fish Farm 37, Cadian Road, Egllish Dungannon Co. Tyrone C: Cathal Quinn Rocks Lodge Trout Farm 24 Bunderg Rd, Lisnatunny, Newtownstewart Co. Tyrone E: brianhj@btinternet.com T: 028 2826 0977 C: Brian Johnston Sperrin Mountain Spring Hatchery 22 Loughfea Road, Cookstown Co. Tyrone E: wilfred.mitchell@fsb.org.uk T: +44 (0)7920085460 C: Wilfred Mitchell Orritor Fish Farm 266 Orritor Road, Cookstown Co. Tyrone BT80 9 NE E: alan.mckeown@amk4trout.com T: 028 86751201 C: Alan McKewon

Ballyarton Hatchery Lower Ballyarton Road Co Derry E: iangamble@btinternet.com C: Ian Gamble

Oysters Paddys Point Oysters Ltd 20 Blackstaff Road Clough Co. Down BT30 8SW N. Ireland E: baie-isigny@wanadoo.fr C: Damien Perdriel Killough Oysters Ltd 20 Blackstaff Road Clough Co. Down BT30 8SW N. Ireland E: pbonnargent@gmail.com T: +44 (0) 7834120795 C: Patrice Bonnargent Killowen Shellfish Ltd 31 Stewarts Road Annalong Co.Down BT34 4UE N. Ireland killowenshellfish@ E: googlemail.com T: +44 (0) 7742931211 C: Darren Cunningham DOMA(NI) 24 Main Street Dundrum Co. Down BT31 0LX N. Ireland E: pb.pascal@orange.fr T: 0033299894816 C: Michael Charrit Henning Bros Ltd The Harbour Kilkeel Co.Down BT34 4AX N. Ireland E: info@henningfish.co.uk T: 02841762335 C: Harold Henning

Sardini Ltd 225 New Lodge Road BT 15 2BY Belfast N. Ireland T: +44782 8699929 Greencastle Oysters 27A Fair Road Greencastle Co.Down BT34 4LS N. Ireland greencastleoystersltd@ E: gmail.com T: 0330546859785 C: Jean-Marie Alfonso Foylemore Oysters Coney Road Culmore Co. Derry BT48 8JP foylemore_oysters@ E: hotmail.com T: +44 (0) 7795600327 C: Willie Lynch Cuan SeaFisheries Ltd Flat 25 89 Frances Street N/Townards Co Down BT23 6SQ michel.mousset@ E: lanternmagic.com T: +44 (0)7899756650 C: Michel Mousset Stephen O’Hare 40 Leestone Road Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4NW N. Ireland E: o39Harestephen@yahoo.co.uk C: Stephen O’Hare Millbay Oysters The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX E: john@rooneyfish.com T: 048 4176 3071 C: John Rooney

Other Species John Greene 103 Leestone Road, Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4 NW E: connorgreene@hotmail.co.uk C: +44 (0)7740987577 Islander Kelp Church Bay Rathlin Island Ballycastle Co. Antrim BT54 6RT E: info@islanderkelp.com C: Kate Burns

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Northern Ireland Seafood Companies T: Telphone

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Anglo North Irish Fish Producers Organisation The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 41762855 F: +44 (0) 28 4176 4904 E: info@anifpo.com W: anifpo.com Cloughmore Shellfish 3 The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: 44 (0) 28 4176 9208 C & N Chambers The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down Northern Ireland BT34 4AX T: +44 (0) 28 417 65100 F: +44 (0) 28 417 64245 E: info@cnc-fish.co.uk W: cnc-fish.co.uk/ C: Mr. Charles Chambers M: 07074465100 C: Mr. Norman Chambers M: 07074663212 C& O Milligan Downpatrick Road Ardglass Downpatrick Co. Down BT30 7SF Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 4484 1098 C: Comgall Milligan Denholm Fish Selling Ltd. Coastguard Cottages Harbour Road Portavogie Co. Down BT22 1EA Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 4277 1429 E: pvg@denholm-fishselling.co.uk W: denholm-fishselling.co.uk C: Sam Mawhinney Donegal Prime Fish Skeoge Industrial Estate Beraghmore Road Co. Londonderry BT48 8SE Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 7135 0059 E: donegalprimefish@hotmail.com C: Dorothy Ryan East Coast Seafoods Old Boiler House Killard Drive Downpatrick Co. Down BT30 7PW Northern Ireland T: 44 (028) 44 841196 E: info@eastcoastseafoods.co.uk

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Ewing’s Seafoods 6 Kendal Street Belfast BT13 2JR Northern Ireland T: 44 (028) 9032 5534 W: ewingseafoods.com/belfast C: Walter Ewing Glenarm Organic Salmon 8 Castle Demesne Glenarm Co. Antrim BT44 0AD Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 288 41691 E: info@glenarmorganicsalmon. com W: glenarmorganicsalmon.com Henning Bros. Fishing Co. Ltd. The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 4176 2335 F: +44 (0) 28 4176 2335 M: +44 (0) 78 0881 2188 / 079 2186 5833 W: henningfish.co.uk E: info@henningfish.co.uk Keenan Seafood Limited Blackstaff Road Kennedy Way Belfast BT11 9DT Northern Ireland C: Gerry Keenan T: +44 (028) 9061 8088 F: +44 (028) 9043 1096 E: info@keenanseafood.com Kennedy’s Direct Catch Down Business Park 46 Belfast Road Downpatrick County Down BT30 9UP Northern Ireland C: Kenny Kennedy T: +44 (028) 4461 7277 W: kennedysdirectcatch.com Kilhorne Bay Seafoods Limited Moneydarragh Road Annalong County Down BT34 4TZ Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 43 768261 F: +44 (028) 43 768900 W: kilhorne.com Kilkeel Kippering Company The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: 44 (028) 4176 3164 C: Cecil McCullough E: cecil@kilkeelkippering.plus.com

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Kilkeel Seafoods Ltd The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down Northern Ireland BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 41762649 E: admin@kilkeel-seafoods.com W: http://kilkeel-seafoods.com McKeown’s Fish & Poultry Shop 14 High Street Bangor Co. Down BT20 5AY Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 9127 1141 M: +44 (0)7793641422 W: mckeownsfishmongers.co.uk McMullan Shellfish The Lobster Ponds 5 Glenariffe Road Glenariffe Co. Antrim BT44 0QY Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 2177 1032 C: Alex McMullan Mortons Fishmongers 22 Bayview Road Ballycastle Co. Antrim BT54 6BT Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 2076 2348 C: Patrick McLernon Mourne Seafood Bar Fishmongers 34-36 Bank Street Belfast BT1 1HL Northern Ireland T: +44 (028) 90 24 8544 Still Waters Fishing Unit 1 Princess Anne Road Portavogie Co. Down BT22 1DT Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 4277 1316 E: alan@stillwatersfishing.co.uk W: stillwatersfishing.co.uk

Rooney Fish The Harbour Kilkeel County Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 4176 3071 F: +44 (0) 28 4176 2188 E: sales@rooneyfish.com W: rooneyfish.com C: John Rooney S & P Milligan 20 Downpatrick Road Ardglass Downpatrick Co. Down BT30 7SF Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 44 841595 C: Seamus Milligan Sea Source The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 4176 2855 F: +44 (0) 28 4176 4904 W: sea-source.com/ Something Fishy N.I. Ltd. 1 The Tides Portavogie Co. Down Northern Ireland T: + 44 (0) 7769 152244 C: Alan Coffey T.H. Nicholson The Harbour Kilkeel Co. Down BT34 4AX Northern Ireland T: +44 (0) 28 417 64919 E: info@thnicholson.co.uk

Rathlin Island Lobster & Crab Cleggan Cottage Rathlin Island Co. Antrim BT54 6RT Northern Ireland T: 44 (0) 28 2076 3948 C: Liam & Benji McFaul

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Aquaculture Initiative EEIG 12B Innovation House, Down Business Centre, 46 Belfast Road, Downpatrick, Co. Down BT3094P, Northern Ireland T: 048 44619660 E: info@aquacultureinitiative.eu W: aquacultureinitiative.eu Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board Kilminchy Court, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, T: 05786 67857 E: info@alab.ie W: alab.ie

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NI Department of Environment & Rural Affairs Downshire Civic Centre, Adrglass Road, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland T: 048 44618059 W: daera-ni.gov.uk Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

T: 1890 200 510 +353 238859500 E: info@agriculture.gov.ie W: agriculture.gov.ie

Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Centre University College Cork, Cooperage Building, North Mall, Cork T: 021 4904541 W: ucc.ie/en/afdc

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Coastal Zone Management Division Sea Fisheries Administration Seafood Policy & Development West Cork Technology Park, Clonakilty, Co Cork T: 1890 25 27 41

AquaTT Ltd. Unit 3, Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8, Ireland T: 353 1 6449008 C: David Murphy E: david@aquatt.ie W: aquatt.ie

Enterprise Ireland The Plaza, Eastpoint Business Park, Dublin 3 T: 01 727200 W: ambition.enterprise-ireland.com

Bantry Marine Research Station Gearhies Bantry P75 AX07 Co. Cork, Ireland T: 353 27 29181 E: info@bmrs.ie

European Maritime Affairs & Fisheries Directorate General European Commission Rue de La Loi Wetstraat 200 B-1049 Brussels W: ec.europa.eu

Bord Bía Clanwilliam Court Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland T: 01 668 5155 F: 01 668 7521 E: info@bordbia.ie W: bordbia.ie BIM Ireland’s Seafood Developemnt Agency Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

T: 01 214 4100 F: 01 284 1123 W: bim.ie

European Aquaculture Society Slijkensesteenweg 4, 8400 Oostende, Belgium C: Alistair Lane T: 0032-59 323859 F: 0032-59321005 E: eas@aquaculture.cc W: aquaeas.eu Food Safety Authority Abbey Court Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 T: 01 8171300 W: fsa.ie

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IFPEA T: 087 6299522 C: Lorcán Ó Cinnéide

Nutra Mara Teagasc, Food Research Centre Ashtown, Dublin 15 T: 01 8059955 W: teagasc.ie

IFPO 8 Anville Court, Killybegs, Co Donegal T: 074 9741468 E: ifpo@eircom.net

Salmon Research Agency of Ireland (Marine Institute) Furnace, Newport, Co. Mayo.

T: 098 41107 W: marine.ie

Inland Fisheries Ireland (HQ) Swords Business Campus, Swords, Co Dublin T:: +353 1 8842 600 F: +353 1 8360 060 E: info@fisheriesireland.ie

Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Park Road, Clogheen, Clonakilty, Co Cork T: 023 885 93 00 E: info@sfpa.ie

IFA Aquaculture Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Naas Road, Dublin 12.

T: 01 4508755 M: 087 795 4728 F: 01 4551043 E: teresamorrissey@ifa.ie C: Teresa Morrissey W: ifa.ie

Seascapes A weekly programme covering maritime matters broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on Friday at 22.30, presented by Fergal Keane.

W: rte.ie/radio/seascapes

Irish Seaweed Industry Association Ryan Institute, Orbsen Building, University College Galway.

T: 091 493548 F: 091 495515 E: caroline.murphy@nuigalway.ie www.seaweed.ie Loughs Agency 22 Victoria Road, L’Derry, Northern Ireland T: 028-71342100 T: 048-71342100 (RofI) E: general@loughs.agency.org Marine Institute & Marine Data Centre Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway T: 091 387200 W: marine.ie

This Island Nation Maritime radio programme reporting on marine culture, history, tradition and development is broadcast by 10 local community stations around Ireland and Podcast nationally and internationally Soundcloud and Mixcloud.

E: thisislandnation@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/ THISISLANDNATION C: Tom MacSweeney Údaras na Gaeltachta Na Forbacha, Furbo, Gaillimh T: 091 503100 F: 091 592037 W: udaras.ie E: eolas@udaras.ie

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IFA Aquaculture - A New Perspective Teresa Morrissey, IFA Aquaculture IFA Aquaculture is currently navigating a period of change with the recent announcement of my appointment to the role of Aquaculture Executive. This new appointment arises following the untimely passing of Richie Flynn in August 2018, a highly regarded advocate for the aquaculture industry, both in Ireland and across Europe for many years.

I look forward to continuing the work of IFA Aquaculture and building on the foundations laid down by Richie during his long number of years of service to the industry.

Having previously worked with the Marine Institute for almost nine years, I have gained depth of experience in working with the Irish aquaculture industry. My previous roles within the Marine Institute involved regulatory advice on fish health matters, scientific research on emerging aquatic diseases and management of the National Reference Laboratory for Crustacean diseases.

I am very keen to connect with the industry, hear their concerns and speak on their behalf with the support of the IFA Aquaculture Committee.

I am very aware it has been an unsettling time for the industry over the past number of years with issues around licensing casting uncertainty on the livelihoods of businesses and local economies that depend on aquaculture, both directly and indirectly.

However, there are great opportunities ahead for the aquaculture industry. Despite the lack of state financial

l-r Jan Feenstra & Michael Mulloy discuss the priorities for the aquaculture sector with IFA’s newly-appointed Aquaculture Executive.

support, licensing issues, disease outbreaks and major stock losses over the past number of years, aquaculture in Ireland has managed to make progress against all these odds.

IFA Aquaculture believes in the future of rural coastal communities and industries such as aquaculture are imperative for the vitality of these communities. However, a functioning licensing system is still a key priority to unlocking any future potential of the Irish aquaculture industry.

The implementation of recommendations from the recent Aquaculture Licensing Review Board is at the top of the agenda, among the numerous other issues of concern to the industry.

By the end of 2019, we are assured that the backlog of aquaculture licence applications will have been cleared and the work of the Department in meeting the deadline of 300 shellfish licence determinations in 2018 must be acknowledged.

We are also assured that the Department is also on course to meet the similar deadline of 300 shellfish licence determinations in 2019.

While the ongoing

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progress of dealing with this long-standing issue for the aquaculture industry must be welcomed, focus must turn to dealing with the more complex issue of finfish licence renewals. As yet there is no clear indication regarding a reasonable timeframe for finfish licence determinations and the industry requires more clarity on this issue.

A number of aquaculture licence determinations will undoubtedly be referred to the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB), a body which is already under increased pressure to turnaround decisions in a timely manner. This is hugely concerning as there is likely to be a risk of a backlog of appeals that may come before ALAB in the near future as a result of an increase of shellfish licence determinations over the past year. It is imperative that ALAB is adequately resourced should the need arise, to ensure continued progress of licence determinations throughout the process.

In 2019, as progress is being made on clearing the aquaculture licensing backlog, which has been a priority for industry stakeholders for

some time, focus must now turn to examining in more detail all recommendations identified by the aquaculture licensing review group. An implementation plan that addresses the feasibility of all recommendations is required, along with how and when the Department proposes to implement these recommendations is long overdue.

The Irish aquaculture industry demands a clear commitment with regard to drafting an implementation plan in order prioritise, with clear timelines, each of the recommendations identified by the aquaculture licensing review.

Further engagement between the Department and industry stakeholders is absolutely necessary if we are all to work towards ensuring the economic potential and sustainable future of the Irish aquaculture industry is realised.

IFA Aquaculture looks forward to playing a pivotal role in driving this engagement, and I also look forward to meeting and working with all sectors of the Irish aquaculture industry over the coming weeks and months.

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