Please can we encourage as many as possible of you to get to a meeting. Spread the word, it is important to ALL charter skippers.
Dates:
Aims:
To discuss current developments/monitoring activity in marine waters
Format: Short presentations on each topic below with discussion after each
AGENDA
Introduction – ICSA/IFI
11:10 – 12:30 Activity under EU Directives/Programmes – IFI
12:30 – 13:30 Current activity in the charter angling sector – ICSA/IFI
Dates:
- 4th March: Arklow Bay Hotel, Arklow 11am – East Coast Skippers
- 5th March: Dromhall Hotel, Killarney 11am – SW skippers
- 6th March: Maldron Hotel, Oranmore 11am – Western Area Skippers
- 7th March: Abbey Hotel, Donegal town, 11am – NW Skippers
Aims:
To discuss current developments/monitoring activity in marine waters
Format: Short presentations on each topic below with discussion after each
AGENDA
Introduction – ICSA/IFI
11:10 – 12:30 Activity under EU Directives/Programmes – IFI
- Common Fisheries Policy & Recreational Catch Data (new)
- EU Data Collection Framework (IMREC)
- Offshore Renewable Energy 2
- Marine Protected Areas
- Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- IFI marine programmes
- Skipper Angling Diary Programme
- Elasmobranch Tagging Programme
12:30 – 13:30 Current activity in the charter angling sector – ICSA/IFI
- Confirm names and contact details for all skippers involved in taking out sports anglers around the coast
- Collect information to create an overview 'heat map' of charter skipper angling areas to help inform government planning policy by demonstrating the scope and extent of charter angling activity in Irish waters