Seascapes

Sustainable Seafood Ireland owned by Niall Sabongi. https://sustainableseafood.ie/ Sea Fisheries Protection Agency on their work to protect Irish fish stocks. Noel Sweeney met the SFPA chair and CEO Susan Steele and Adrienne Patterson, Director of Port Operations.

Charlie Kavanagh, a well known sailor in Ireland and former Commodore of Wicklow Sailing Club took a 5 month sailing trip from Ireland to Sweden last summer talks about his adventures. Lorna Siggins brings us a tribute to fishing industry leader Donal O'Driscoll, who died at the weekend aged 86.

Renowned internationial fly fisherman, George Barron, speaks about his new book, "A fine Line" & about his love of flyfishing on Lough's Corrib & Mask. Jonathan Nicholson, The Commodore of Ireland's largest sailing club, Dublin Bay Sailing Club, speaks about how they hope to fulfill a sailing programme later in the year. And Lorna Siggins speaks to the crew of the Celtic Explorer research vessel as they are about to undertake a voyage this weekend to recover seismic devices from the ocean bed. The devices were placed to measure seismic activity from earthquakes at sea.

Seals and fishing in the South-west of Ireland; a trip to one of Ireland's most mysterious and mythical islands; and we look at some Irish inventions in the maritime industry over the years.

The restrictions on ferries during the Covid-19 crisis; a new type of wind energy from the sea; and how Irish fishermen aim to keep our shops supplied with fish.

Tonight we visit the ISA club of the year, Malahide Yacht Club & hear about their sail training programme which caters for 500 young sailors every year. Also, we speak to Eddie English of Sail Cork about his online sailing courses run to beat the lockdown.

Newly-crowned Irish Sailor of the Year Paul O'Higgins & how the coronavirus is affecting the shipping industry worldwide.

Noel Sweeney talks to fishermen on the Kerry coast about the effect Covid-19 is having on their business and we talk about the Irish Sailing Association Annual Awards which are still taking place, albeit online.

To mark International Women's Day, Lorna Siggins meets Lt Commander Claire Murphy, captain of the LE Niamh at a special event in Galway. We hear from some of the exhibitors at the recent Angling Expo in Dublin: Michael Conway of Conway Angling Craft The Dublin Angling Initiative run by Inland Fisheries & Charter skipper Tom Collins on catching the big ones. Plus Captain Brendan Forde tells of an encounter with the French Foreign Legion while serving with Irish Shipping off the coast of Africa.

Joanna McNicholas on Clare Island, Brian O'Sullivan of O'Sullivan Marine & Tralee & Michael Sheehan, Waterford City & County Trout Anglers Assoc at the recent Irish Angling Expo in Swords, Co. Dublin. Plus our regular contributor Hugh Oram on Dublin's hidden rivers.