Dr. Cecil Beamish
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Dr. Cecil Beamish is the Assistant Secretary General for the Marine areas of the department which operates from the National Seafood Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork and deals with a number of sectors relating to Sea Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Development & Marketing, Seafood Processing, Fisheries Resource Management, Harbour Infrastrcuture capital development, Fishery Harbour Management, Marine Research, Marine Institute, BIM, Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and all matters relating to the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
This Division is responsible for the efficient and effective management of Aquaculture Licensing and Foreshore Licensing in respect of Aquaculture and Sea Fishery related activities.
This Division is responsible for the efficient and effective management of Aquaculture Licensing and Foreshore Licensing in respect of Aquaculture and Sea Fishery related activities.
The Division which is organised on a regional basis with staff based in offices in Clonakilty, Dublin, Tralee, Galway and Ballyshannon and at each of the Fishery Harbour Centres provides technical, advisory and project and operational management support to the Department.
Sea Fisheries Administration Division manages and develops the six Fishery Harbour Centres so as to ensure that they provide optimum support to the achievement of Government and Department policies and strategies, such as the Common Fisheries Policy, the National Seafood Development Programme and Foodwise 2025. The Division also provides a transparent, equitable and user-friendly, licensing and registration system for sea-fishing boats to ensure compliance with EU-determined fishing fleet capacity limits and reporting requirements. In addition the Division acts as the Central Depository for contract and employment documentation as part of the Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice & Equality Scheme for the employment of non-fishers in parts of the Irish commercial sea-fishing fleet.
This Division is responsible for the implementation of national policies and the negotiation of policies at EU and International level, that support long term sustainability for the sea-fisheries industry in Ireland, and to maximise the long term contribution of the sea-fisheries industry to the economies of coastal regions and Ireland’s blue growth policy objectives.
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