This is a multi-purpose port which accommodates approx.
20 trawlers, 5 scallop boats and 25 inshore vessels for crab, lobster & whelk. In addition, charter deep-sea angling vessels, tourboats to the Saltee Islands, and leisure crafts use the port.
There are also seafood processing plants next to the port.
The port management have a skid steer for use on the port to assist where necessary. The larger fishing companies use a teleporter, pick-up truck etc. to deliver to the PRF.
Delivery : The harbour master (HM) is contacted by the boat owner about the type of waste being dropped on site. A ‘Standard format for the waste delivery receipt’ is filled out.
Waste Reception: There is a contained area with segregated waste bins/ skips.
Transfer to storage area: Fishermen are responsible for the separation and delivery of waste.
Pre-treatment: There is no pre-treatment.
Waste Streams: separated into different streams.
EOL: A lay-down area is available for storage and separation in metal, nets, rope etc. The HM records amounts and
arranges for collections twice a year by Wexford County Council to its municipal landfill and civic amenity site where all recyclable material is sent for recycling and the remainder is sent to landfill.
Metal from gear is taken away by a local provider for recycling.
The rubber components from gear are often reused also. Management costs: Wexford County Council Harbour and Port Fee’s’ system has waste management costs included I it charges. Fees are based on Gross Registered Tons, Length of vessel, the period and frequency of facility use.
• The PRF area is a confined space, and the addition of any further segregated waste bins will be difficult accommodate.(fig.2)
• Lack of space to segregate and store EOL
• Lack of resources to carry our segregation, categorisations, reporting etc.
• No 24-hour PRF monitoring, i.e., if a boat docks late at night FfL may end up in general waste or vice-versa.
• There is signage on the piers to direct fishermen to the waste facilities available.
• There is clear and modern signage used in each section of the facility. (fig.1).
• There is designated area for EOL storage ad segregation.
• A waste survey was carried out on behalf of BIM, in 2024 to establish the extent of fishing gear waste present in municipal waste skips on ports.
• This information was also used to characterise waste and as part of the reporting requirements that Ireland need to fulfil.
Objectives:
• The port management are actively seeking a recovery system provider for nets/ rope.
• Meet recycling targets, specifically for nets.
This is small fishing pier with 19 regular boats from 6m to 28m, including 1 x Demersal trawler (Prawns), 2 x Pelagic vessels and Inshore fishing boats.
There is also a RNLI station and a Rowing Club attached to the pier.
Fishing port and marina
Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 95 fishing vessels (trawlers, trollers, pot vessels gillnetter)
Fishing port, marina & ship repair area Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 98 vessels (mostly deep-sea)
Fishing port, commercial port and marina. Presence of a fish market Flotilla of 55 fishing vessels :
mainly dredgers & caseyeur (pot vessels)
Fishing port, commercial port and marina Presence of a fish market
Flotilla of 40 fishing vessels (mainly coastal fishing) 1500 deep-sea trawlers landing fish every year.
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 144 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
General cargo, bulk solids, ship service, fishing activity (fresh and frozen), fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 359 vessels and ships (mostly artisanal vessels)
Landings: Black monkfish, White monkfish, Blue shark, Swordfish, Northern megrim, Atlantic pomfret, European hake, Korean flounder, Common squid, Horse mackerel…
A busy port that is home to several state organisations and fishing businesses. Including a seafood processing plant, an ice plant, fisherman’s co-op, and shipping agents. Cruise liners and island ferries also dock here.
30 x >20m fishing vessels are based at the port, the majority are whitefish trawlers.
Fishing activity and fish market.
Fishing practice: fleet of 237 vessels and ships (mostly small-scale fishing vessels)
