Cork fest to celebrate ocean wealth

By Jenny Hjul | October 23, 2018

IRELAND’S largest maritime festival is to move from Galway to Cork next year, and will be held in conjunction with a seafood conference in the city. SeaFest has grown in attendance each year, with the festival attracting more than 100,000 visitors in 2017 and again in 2018. The festival is part of Ireland’s Integrated Marine…

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Fish Update Briefing, Friday, June 15

By Jenny Hjul | June 15, 2018

BOTTOM TRAWLING BLAMED FOR FISH DUMPING A RECENT study by the University of Western Australia and the University of British Columbia has calculated that huge amounts of fish are dumped each year by trawlers. The study estimates that a total of 437 million tonnes of fish worth around (Australian) $720 billion have been thrown overboard…

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