News & Updates
Minister O’Sullivan responds to Save Our Sprat West Cork
Earlier today (03/10/2025) we received a communication from the Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, TD in response to the list of questions and concerns we submitted via his office on 01 August 2025.
Whilst the minister’s response has not fully addressed our questions and concerns, we welcome it as a continued sign…
Update on sprat conservation issue in West Cork, Nov. 2014
Originally posted by Whale Watch Skipper and former commercial fisherman Colin Barnes on the Skippers Log section of his Cork Whale Watch website in November 2014
It is now mid-November, and true to the time of year, we have plenty of stormy, wet and disturbed Atlantic weather, making poor conditions for searching for and watching…
Decimation of Irish Sprat Stocks
This article was originally posted to the Cork Whale Watch Skippers Log by Colin Barnes, a long time commercial fisherman and one of Ireland’s most experienced and well respected whale watching operators in January 2014
Last January I wrote to Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food, Simon Coveney, TD highlighting the problem of unsustainable inshore…
