Central Fisheries Board
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About the Central Fisheries Board
The Central Fisheries Board is a statutory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Marine and Natural Resources and was established under the Fisheries Act 1980.
Mission Statement
"To ensure that the valuable natural resources of inland fisheries and sea angling are conserved, managed, developed and promoted in their own right and to support sustainable economic activity, job creation and recreational amenity."
Principal Functions
The principal functions of the CFB are to advise the Minister for Communications, the Marine and Natural Resources on policy relating to the conservation, protection, management, development and improvement of inland fisheries and sea angling, to support, coordinate and provide specialist support services to the Regional Fisheries Boards and to advise the Minister on the performance by the Regional Fisheries Boards of their functions.
The CFB also has responsibilities in the following areas:
- Preparation of National Inland Fisheries Development Plans
- Administration of funding programmes, both National and EU
- The promotion and marketing of angling
- The management of its fish rearing operations
Central Fisheries Board may, in addition:
- provide such services for the management, conservation, protection, development, improvement or promotion of fisheries or matters relating to fisheries as it thinks fit;
- the Board may charge fees for these services as it thinks fit (except to a Regional Board or the Minister);
- in relation to an inland fishery, carry out such research or experimental work as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions. (The Board is restricted to involvement in research in relation to sea fish as existed prior to 2000)
Goals and Objectives
- To conserve and protect the ecology of fisheries habitats
- To promote and develop the concepts of sustainable development and the catchment management process for the long term health and best use of the resources
- To conserve, protect, manage and promote the development of the fisheries resources to achieve the optimal sustainable return to the economy
- To promote and market Ireland's angling product to optimise employment in angling and angling related businesses, particularly in rural communities
- To develop, encourage and maintain high standards of fisheries managemement
Board members of the Central Fisheries Board
The members of the Board of the Central Fisheries Board are as follows:
- Mr. David Mackey, Chairperson
- Mr. Naul McCole
- Mr. Paddy Byrne
- Mr. Éamon de Buitlear
- Cllr. Mary Bohan
- Mr. Eamon Cusack
- Ms. Paula Carroll
- Mr. John Henry McLaughlin
- Mr. Myles Kelly
Code of Business Conduct for CFB Board Members
Senior Management Team of the Central Fisheries Board
The members of the the Senior Management Team of the Central Fisheries Board are:
- Mr. John O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer
- Ms. Ciara Nic Craith, Director of Human Resources
- Ms. Nuala O'Byrne, Director of Finance
- Mr. Kieran Murphy, Director of Field Services
