Browsing: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)

SFPA issues updated Food Safety Information Notice on the Management of Norovirus for Shellfish Producers. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has…

Exports of Irish salmonids and spiny lobster to the USA resume with immediate effect. Restrictions lifted following NOAA equivalence Decision; standard…

Fishing master fined for obstruction of a Sea-Fisheries Protection Officer. On the 10th of March 2026, Yasser Eldmergy, with an address…

Exports to Türkiye – new registration requirements. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has recently issued an Information Notice (IN) to…

SFPA Publishes Fishing Information Notice on safe access and boarding ladders. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published a new Fisheries…

Fishing master pleads guilty to taking charge of a sea-fishing boat while not registered in the Irish Fishing Masters Register. …

Fishing master pleads guilty to under-recording of fish catches. On 11th December 2025, the Master of fishing vessel ‘Margaret Katie’, Noel…

Fishing master fined for undersized crawfish. Martin O’ Driscoll, the Master of the Irish sea-fishing boat ‘Ballagh Boy’, with an address…

SFPA issues guidance on new EU Fisheries Control Rules effective January 2026. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) advises the fishing industry…