CALL FOR COVENEY TO RELEASE FISH FARM DATA

SAVE BANTRY BAY: PRESS RELEASE 12 SEPTEMBER 2012 The release of data about the environmental impact of Scottish open cage salmon fish farms has led to a call by west cork based ‘Save Bantry Bay’for the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to release similar data here in Ireland. The Data was released by the Scottish … Continue reading →

Save Bantry Bay reply to Marine Harvest

The Editor, The Southern Star, Skibbereen, County Cork Dear Sir; Marine Harvest’s response to Save Bantry Bay’s information campaign highlights the public’s predicament when they are faced with conflicting stories from a developer. Your reporter states that ‘this new development will enable Marine Harvest to move fish from one site to another, allowing a fallow … Continue reading →

Dirty secrets down on the salmon farm & Salmon farms turn sea bed into graveyard

Dirty secrets down on the salmon farm You have to credit the people who sell Scottish farmed salmon. They deserve their awards — for marketing. They have managed to convince us that their product in the supermarket is just as good as the wild thing and comes from clear, unpolluted waters with tidal flows that … Continue reading →

Culled! Seals slaughtered because they are eating farmed fish

Two pregnant seals lie dead and covered in blood – after being shot in the head to protect salmon farms that supply Britain’s supermarket giants. That brings the death toll, including pups, to 310 – all killed by snipers on the west coast of Scotland in the past 18 months. The culls are to protect … Continue reading →

Peninsula bids to halt fish farms’ expansion

Up to 7,000 homes in the Beara Peninsula have been targeted by a voluntary group campaigning to prevent the expansion of Marine Harvest’s fish farms in Bantry Bay. In leaflets distributed by An Post, a Save Bantry Bay action committee has highlighted the problems of pollution in the bay through the poor circulation of water. … Continue reading →

SBB Committee to Intensify Protest

Southern Star Saturday September 1, 2012 Save Bantry Bay committee to intensify protest against salmon farm expansion – by Brian Moore The Save Bantry Bay committee (SBB) is calling on the people of the Beara Peninsula to unite and stop the proposed expansion of the Marine Harvest salmon farm at Shot Head in Bantry Bay. … Continue reading →