Ireland’s seafood sector has potential to be the international catch of the day

Donal Buckley talks about Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s plans to get more people in Ireland to eat fish, to improve our trade links with Asia and to process the catches caught by other countries off our coasts

Donal Buckley, director of Business Development and Innovation Services at BIM

There’s an air of optimism in the Irish seafood sector. Despite the challenges presented by Brexit, there are significant opportunities internationally for Ireland to further stake its claim as a quality producer of seafood.

Donal Buckley, director of Business Development and Innovation Services at Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), said, “Our vision is for Ireland to be a global player in high-value, differentiated seafood. We are not the biggest supplier of seafood and we ...