Mr. Noel O’Connor Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford By email only: envanalysis@agriculture.gov.ie 25 June, 2012 Dear Mr. O’Connor RE: Submission to Stakeholder Consultation Food Harvest 2020 Save Bantry Bay are a diverse group of locals that are opposed to the further expansion of fish farming in … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay group accuse officials of ignoring facts A group opposing plans for a multi-million euro salmon farm in Bantry has called on the Government to acknowledge research outlining the impact of sea lice on wild salmon. The committee, Save Bantry Bay (SBB), which was formed in objection to the proposed €3.5 million organic … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay, a local committee formed to oppose any further expansion of fish farming in Bantry Bay, has alleged that Marine Harvest, the largest salmon farm operators in Ireland, are not meeting standards recently agreed by the industry.In spite of its membership of the ‘Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue’ which recently released agreed new standards for … Continue reading
CAAR Press Release, June 14, 2012 VANCOUVER,BC The salmon farm performance standards that form the basis of the WWF initiated Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification process announced yesterday do not adequately protect wild salmon and the environment, according to the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). After seven years of hard work by numerous stakeholders CAAR … Continue reading
The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR), a British Columbia-based coalition of environmental organizations, including the David Suzuki Foundation and Living Oceans Society, is speaking out against the newly finalized salmon aquaculture standards developed by the World Wildlife Fund-coordinated Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue. The standards, which now move to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) to manage and … Continue reading
Therapist, environmentalist and author of international acclaim BODO J BAGINSKI: AN INTERNATIONAL authority on alternative and holistic therapies, Bodo Baginski, who has died aged 60, had more than 20 books to his name. Baginski however was best known in west Cork for his role as an environmental campaigner in the battle against pollution in Bantry Bay. Originally … Continue reading
We need to face up to collateral damage from salmon industry Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Mr Richie Flynn (Irish Examiner, May 11) would be well advised to honestly confront and resolve the problems posed around the coast by salmon farming, rather than engage in sleight of hand exercises in front of an audience that is … Continue reading
Minister Simon Coveney, Donal Maguire of BIM and Richie Flynn of IFA have all recently claimed sea lice do not affect wild salmon populations.(1,2,3) Yet, it is well established fact that they do. Indeed, current government policy requires all salmon farmers constantly monitor and treat their salmon for lice due to the considerable threat they … Continue reading
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