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4. There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment
22:43||Season 1, Ep. 4“There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment…..” Those aren’t my words – they were spoken to me by Minister of State Timmy Dooley in his summary of the overall marine sphere In his first interview after two months in a dual maritime and fisheries post, which you can hear on this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast. Also, a discussion between the two sides of wind farm development and its effects on the fishing industry; €25m. spent by a Cork shipping company on a new survey vessel and – is the Irish public ocean literate?
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3. Once Navy – Always Navy
20:20||Season 1, Ep. 3Remembering a submarine explosion 105 years ago.Also on this edition – Fish Farming will be a vital supplier of food to future generations … Are whales changing which parts of Ireland they visitand the Waterford Estuary harbour which has changed, but not for the better…..2. The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen
16:55||Season 1, Ep. 2The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen.” “The way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna is insane,” says John Shine, a leading figure for 20 years in the marketing and selling of Irish fish, highlighting that Irish fishermen are prevented from catching Bluefin Tuna in Irish waters, while other nations are allowed to do so.1. Alone around the World
13:58||Season 1, Ep. 1On this edition of the maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney,the Polish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative in what is being described as “a world first event, never attempted before …” explains why he intends to spend over a year sailing 26,000 miles alone around the world on a 19-foot plywood boat which he has built himself….. The Managing Director of a Valentia Island boatyard discusses how it has built the first Naval vessel in Ireland for forty years…. and a sailmaker explains why he built a maritime cannon ….