With questions hanging over the future of the wild Atlantic salmon, a big money-spinner for Irish tourism, few issues provoke more heated controversy than the operation of fish farms off Ireland’s coasts. The impassioned nature of debate around this contentious topic was seen at the weekend when 200 people from all parts of the country … Continue reading
Fishfrom plans to farm salmon untainted by chemicals and sea lice in a Kintyre facility run on renewable electricity. Scottish salmon is facing a challenge to its reputation as one of Britain’s best loved everyday luxuries, with scares over diseases and sea lice, heavy use of pesticides and seal killing raising fears about its environmental … Continue reading
Salmon and sea trout anglers along with inshore fishermen insist a planned explosion of giant fish farms on the west coast will lead to a senseless destruction of the Irish environment and damage key industries. It has been claimed that thousands of existing jobs in tourism, angling, and shellfish industries will be wiped out by … Continue reading
A report by the Marine Institute shows infestations of sea lice on salmon farms in Ireland are higher than limits set by the government. Some farmed salmon were found to be contaminated with up to 71 sea lice each, more than five times the acceptable threshold. Conservationists say wild salmon are slowly becoming extinct as … Continue reading
Anglers and environmentalists have called on the Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney to intervene to prevent the establishment of a number of major salmon farm projects at various locations off the Irish coast. About 200 campaigners from as far away as Donegal, Fermanagh and Galway as well as from Cork, Kerry and Tipperary converged … Continue reading
The Norwegian company seeking to expand its fish farming operation in West Cork breached sea lice protocol levels five times in their Donegal operations, according to monitoring by the Marine Institute. The impact of sea lice generated by fish farms is a huge source of controversy internationally with environmentalists and anglers arguing that farmed fish … Continue reading
Where: Carrigaline, Co Cork. <br/ When: Saturday 15th December 2012 at 12 noon. We will meet at the back entrance to Carrigaline Community School (the secondary school). We plan to take the route back up towards the Cork road and turn left down past the Carrigaline Court Hotel. The protest march will be led by … Continue reading
A call for a national boycott of farmed salmon products was yesterday condemned as an act of sabotage. The aquaculture executive of the Irish Farmers’ Association, Richie Flynn, warned that the ill-conceived boycott posed a serious threat to a vital farming and processing sector for marine communities. Environmental groups are seeking a national boycott “as … Continue reading
A protest at the Cork office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development will take place tomorrow, Saturday. A number of anti-fish farm groups will march to Minister Simon Coveney’s Carrigaline constituency office as part of the demonstration. They include No Salmon Farms At Sea (NSFAS), the Federation of Irish Salmon & Sea … Continue reading
IRELAND – IFA Aquaculture Executive Richie Flynn has condemned a call for consumers to boycott smoked salmon for Christmas as an act of sabotage on a vital farming and processing sector for marine communities. Mr Flynn said, “This reckless posturing by Friends of the Irish Environment could undermine what is a quality product at a … Continue reading
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