Illegal lobsters seized in Kinsale

The lobsters were returned to the sea.

SEA Fisheries Protection Officers from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) confiscated nine lobsters from a vessel’s “keep” cage in Kinsale recently.

 

Eight of the lobsters were “v-notched”, one was undersize and all were egg bearing.

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National Seafood Centre officially opened in Clon

Minister Coveney officially opens the centre

THE Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney today officially opened the new National Seafood Centre in Clonakilty.

The centre is a co-located “one stop shop” for the seafood related services of the Department of Agriculture, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

“My department, the public servants working in this new facility and I are committed to making sure that every effort is made to position Ireland to take full advantage of the enormous opportunities we see for expanding the seafood sector in Ireland,” said Minister Coveney.

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