Membership
The members of the South East Regional Inshore Fisheries Forum are:
Liz Goff – Chair of the South East RIFF
Sector: Fisheries
Cian Daniels – Joint Vice Chair of the South East RIFF
Sector: Fisheries
Kate Dempsey – Joint Vice Chair of the South East RIFF
Sector: Agriculture
Charles Featherstone
Sector: Fisheries
Charlie owns the fishing vessel “Fran Leon III”, WD255. He is involved in fishing for whelk using pots. He also pot fishes for lobster and crab, trawls for whitefish and squid and dredges for scallop. Charlie has participated and attended many meetings concerning fisheries management over the years.
Simon McLoughlin
Sector: Fisheries
Tom Roche
Sector: Fisheries
Tom owns the fishing vessel “Catherine Mark”, W254 and fishes for lobster, crab and whelk using pots. He also uses gill nets and trawls for whitefish and prawns and fishes for herring and dredges for scallop. Tom is the chair of the South Wexford Lobster Co-op which has been active in proposing sustainable management of lobster stocks by being the first co-op in Ireland to establish and carry out v-notching. He is also a member of the Kilmore Quay Fishermen’s Co-op.
Mark Bates
Sector: Fisheries
Stephen Burke
Sector: Fisheries
Stephen owns the fishing vessel “Boy River”, W280. He is involved in potting for crab, lobster , inshore trawling, gill netting and hooks and line, dredging for surf and razor clams and scallop. He is a member of the Waterford Estuary Surf Clam/Cockle Local Advisory Committee, the Celtic Sea Herring Management Committee and the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation.
Alan Walshe
Sector: Environment
Leslie Bates
Sector: Processors/Added Value/Buyers/Sales
Leslie is the Managing Director of Sofrimar in Kilmore Quay, Co.Wexford . He has an exhaustive knowledge of the fishing industry and in the buying, processing and exportation of scallop, crab and razor clams.
David Tobin
Sector: Fisheries
Darren Kinsella
Sector: Fisheries
Eamonn Hayes
Sector: Marine Tourism – Charter Boats
Eamonn owns the charter vessel “Autumn Dream” which is licensed to carry 12 passengers. He runs his charter business from Kilmore Quay and takes people angling, whale and dolphin watching, nature trips etc.
