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Seascapes, RTÉ Radio 1's weekly maritime programme, providing comprehensive coverage of the marine sector, is presented by Marcus Connaughton.

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You can hear Seascapes each Friday night at 10.30 p.m. on RTÉ Radio 1 FM, Sky Digital 0160, NTL Channel 901 and in Northern Ireland on Virgin Media 917. There is also a Seascapes teletext service on Aertel, RTÉ 1 at page 319, please note that page is now 319.

The programme is repeated at these times:
RTÉ Radio 1 FM - Monday morning at 5.02 a.m.
RTÉ Choice - Saturday afternoons at 12.30 p.m.

On RTÉ.ie - Anytime

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SEASCAPES - This Friday night 25th May on Seascapes we’ll have the launch of "Orchid " the new Marine Harvest vessel named by Darragh Fenner from Castletownbere National School and built in Beara Iron Works we'll be talking to Michael O 'Shea of Beara Iron Works and to Joseph Gibbons of Marine Harvest ; International Kite Surfing in Dublin Bay on Dollymount Strand; Angling with Paul Bourke of Inland Fisheries Ireland; Captain Robert McCabe on the Twitter Buoy; all that and much more on Seascapes until next Friday night tight lines and fair sailing.

Seascapes Friday 25th May 2012

Hello and welcome aboard this week’s edition of your maritime programme - on Seascapes this week the BMW Cruiser Racing National Championships in Howth Yacht Club this weekend ; Clifden Celebrations ;Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival; George Rogerson ;music from Christy Moore & Declan Sinnott ;..........First on Seascapes to the launch this week of a locally made craft in Beara Iron Works in Castletownbere built to access the local fish farms – the vessel was named “Orchid” by local schoolboy Darragh Fenner from Castletownbere National School after a competition between over ten schools on the Beara Peninsula – in studio to tell us more about this vessel are Joseph Gibbons of Marine Harvest and first to Michael O Shea of Beara Iron Works
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Next to new technology and to Captain Robert McCabe , Acting Head of Marine with the Commissioners of Irish Lights , he told Seascapes about a new hi tech Buoy ...... the latest edition of BEAM - The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Authority is out now and we have a few copies for Seascapes listeners courtesy of the Commissioners of Irish Lights.... it features the new Chief Executive Yvonne Shields; Keeping a Good Light – the Life of a Lightkeeper with some remarkable photographs ; the new lighthouse at ROANCARRIG and the links between Irish Lights and The Lusitania – Our question to obtain your copy of BEAM is Where is ROANCARRIG located ?
Answers on a postcard to Seascapes , RTE Radio 1 Fr Mathew Street Cork or by email to seascapes@rte.ie. Closing date for entries is next Friday 1st June.....
A record entry of 123 boats racing in 7 divisions will compete for honours at this weekend’s BMW Cruiser Nationals being hosted by Howth Yacht Club on behalf of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA).
Seven races over three days – a mixture of round-the-cans and windward-leewards - will be provided on three separate courses, with Class 0 and 1 together, Class 2, 3 and 4 on another, and two divisions of non-spinnaker cruisers racing for the Corinthian Cup.

George Rogerson has over the past few decades developed a thriving family Fish business in Monkstown in Dublin he sources his fish from Kilmore Quay- we had a great response to George a few week’s ago on Seascapes so here’s just a little bit more on this thriving family business

The Bristol Pilot Cutters Association are holding their inaugural race from Falmouth to the Fastnet Rock next weekend .There will be up to 10 of these magnificent boats taking part in the race culminating with a visit to Baltimore for their prize giving presentations and dinner at Baltimore Sailing Club over the June bank Holiday weekend. If you are out on the water keep an eye out for them......

And as we mentioned last week Baltimore is the venue for this weekend’s Wooden Boat Festival which will be in full swing with model boat building for children; an intriguing talk by diver and archaeologist Connie Kelleher on “Hookers and Pirates” ; and you can see and visit the Cornish lugger “Peel Castle “ and see many beautifully constructed wooden craft ...more detail on www.baltimorewoodenboatfestival.com

......speaking of wooden boats listener Trevor Elkinson emailed Seascapes to say that he just saw this boat which was built by boat builder Peter Kavanagh in his back garden shed in Arklow. As I am not an expert on boats it looks very impressive, I thought I'd let you know. Many thanks Trevor ....The boat is being launched this Sunday in Arklow. You can see a photo of Peter Kavanaghs boat “ Invermore”

This Sunday President Michael D Higgins will unveil a plaque to Leading /Seaman Michael Quinn who lost his life in a rescue bid in Bantry Bay 22 years ago. The Naval Association is organising this ceremony in Drogheda. The lone survivor of the rescue attempt Paul Kellet is the present chairman of The Naval Association.

Leading Seaman Michael Quinn is the only casualty that the Service has suffered in its numerous Search and Rescue Operations in over seventy years.
In recognition of his unselfish bravery and devotion to duty, The Minister for Defence made a posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Medal to Leading Seaman Quinn. The King of Spain also made a posthumous award of the Spanish Cross of Naval Merit in recognition of his brave attempts to rescue the Spanish crew. Able Seaman Kellett was also awarded both medals in equal recognition of his bravery and dedication to duty.

In 1992 two years after the tragedy, the Dublin Branch of the Irish Naval Association was renamed Leading Seaman Michael Quinn DSM Branch in memory of the young serviceman who so tragically lost his life. .
The Irish Naval Association is made up of former and serving members of the Naval Service, Naval Service Reserve and An Slua Muiri. Our thanks to Tom Lawlor and the secretary of The Naval Association Conor Galvin.

OVER 140 NEW JOBS TO BE CREATED AS COVENEY ANNOUNCES €15.5 MILLION IN NEW INVESTMENT IN SEAFOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

Simon Coveney, T.D. Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine this week announced €15.5 million of new investment by the Irish seafood processing companies, supported by grants of €3.2 million under the EU co-funded Seafood Processing Business Investment Scheme. These investments by 21 companies are projected to generate over 142 additional jobs and increased sales of value added seafood products of nearly €44 million by 2015. The companies are based in Wexford, Dublin, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Louth and Kerry.

Minister Coveney stressed the positive effect this investment will have on the sector: “This is a very sizeable investment by any standards and particularly so when combined with investment under this Scheme over the past two years. It demonstrates the confidence in the seafood sector as a high growth area of our economy and of our food industry. The SMEs undertaking this very welcome new investment represent the future of the seafood industry. The new investment involves companies significantly growing their businesses and also diversifying, which will lead to increased profitability and increased employment. The investment also builds on the very positive announcements made earlier this week in the beef sector and the further development of trade links with China. The number of companies participating in the Scheme demonstrates the willingness of the sector to invest to meet the strong global demand for our seafood”.

The scheme is administered by BIM and information is available on BIM’s website www.bim.ie .

This weekend Clifden is celebrating in earnest- ‘Celebrating Clifden’ is a week-long festival running from this evening to 4th June the aim is to celebrate our town and its founding father John D’Arcy. The first half of the week will focus on the early history of the town, its founder, John D’Arcy, the town’s early citizens and life as lived in Connemara in the early years of the 19th century. The second half will explore more modern times, with emphasis on Clifden’s Diaspora and Friends. Its anticipated that the organizations, associations, clubs and societies that contribute so much to the culture of our community will share in this special commemorative event by recording and registering, in appropriate ways, their own history, heritage and contribution to the ‘story of Clifden’.
Please contact irene@clifden2012.org or call 087 9017406 for more information

Next to the Final Lecture in Winter Series of talks - The Viking Ship Warriors in Ireland - New discoveries about their first raids and settlement in 8th and 9th century Ireland will be given by John Maas at The Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club in Ringsend on TUESDAY next 29th May at 20:00hrs that’ s eight o clock Entry is €5 in aid of the RNLI........

Now Would you jump into your car with your fishing rods loaded and drive without a seat belt? Probably not; equally would you risk going fishing on the water or on the shoreline without a lifejacket?
With the summer arriving and more people heading to the water the Irish Coast Guard have launched a Lifejacket awareness campaign “Get it On!, Keep it On.”. The focus this year is on people fishing from the shoreline and on small fishing boats on Irish waters including lakes, rivers and seas. While mandatory for those fishing on small boats to have their lifejacket on it is not for those fishing from land but it is highly recommended.
The availability of compact self inflating lifejackets ensure little or no impact on the ability to maintain your flexibility and still enjoy a day’s fishing from the shoreline. Importantly when you do need it the lifejacket will inflate and keep the user afloat until help arrives. It is equally important to keep this critical piece of lifesaving equipment well maintained.

PANAMA CANAL TOLL RISES ARE UNACCEPTABLE, SAY SHIPOWNERS

Plans to increase toll charges for the Panama Canal are ‘rushed, excessive and likely to cause further problems for shipping companies’ given the fragile state of economic recovery, say shipowners.

The International Chamber of Shipping has sent a strongly worded letter to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) describing plans to increase tolls by up to 15% as ‘simply unacceptable’.

ICS calls for the plans to be withdrawn and for future increases to be given with at least six months’ notice to enable shipping companies to plan properly and fully assess the impact of the proposed changes.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is the principal international trade association for shipowners, with member national associations from 36 countries representing all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet.

The ACP published plans to increase its tolls last month, despite assuring industry clients in January there would only be one small adjustment to tolls before completion of the expansion project in 2014. Toll increases could come into effect as early as 1 July if agreed at a public hearing at the end of this month.

ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe, said there was ‘no pressing need’ for the increases given that ‘canal revenues are currently very healthy’.

Mr Hinchliffe pointed out that while the Panama Canal is an important national asset to Panama, it also remains an essential part of international public infrastructure crucial to the smooth operation of the global supply chain and should ‘take this important public role into account when setting tolls’.

“While the ACP proposal analyses the impact of the toll rises on the competitiveness of commodity trades, no account is taken of the impact on shipping companies themselves…..many of whom are still forced to run ships at a loss in order to remain in the market,” he said.

“We therefore request that the ACP rescind the current plans for increases in the next two years and concentrate on developing a toll structure that can be to the benefit of all parties to be introduced in late 2014.”

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