BIM’s defence of pesticide contradicts Irish Medicines Board Product should ‘not be allowed to contaminate water’ PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT 28 JULY 2013 BIM Aquaculture Manager Donal Maguire’s recent statement to the media that ‘cypermethrin has been fully tested in the marine environment for toxicology to ensure it is safe’ is in … Continue reading
€1bn salmon farming plan condemned BIM chairman Kieran Calnan, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, and BIM chief executive officer Jason Whooley at the launch of the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) 2013-2017 strategy, entitled ‘Capturing Ireland’s Share of The Global Seafood Opportunity.’ By Brian Moore Irish Examiner, 27 July 2013 PLANS … Continue reading
Cancer–causing chemical found in fish Irish Examiner By Clare O’Sullivan 25 July 2013 The Norwegian seafood giant seeking to build a €3.5m organic farm in Bantry Bay has been banned from exporting to the US after a banned cancer–causing chemical was found in fish from one of its South American farms. The discovery of the … Continue reading
Dr Peter Heffernan Marine Institute Rinville Oranmore Co. Galway By email: peter.heffernan@marine.ie 22 July 2013 Dear Dr Heffernan, RE: Research Paper ‘Evaluation of the impacts of aquaculture and freshwater habitat on the status of Atlantic salmon stocks in Ireland’ It was with great interest we read the paper by David Jackson of the Marine Institute … Continue reading
Anglers’ €0.75bn just tip of iceberg Irish Examiner: Saturday, July 20, 2013 This week’s government report that angling and angling tourism are worth over €0.75bn — and 10,000 rural jobs — to the economy every year is very welcome. At a moment when every opportunity to generate revenue and create employment matters, it is doubly … Continue reading
Irish aquaculture expansion plan under fire eufishnews.com, 19 July 2013 THE environmental pressure group Friends of the Irish Environment is calling on Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Simon Coveney to open public consultation following the recent publication of the BIM Strategy 2013-2017. The strategy, launched on July 17, plans to “Significantly develop the aquaculture … Continue reading
Fishermen, NGOs question Ireland’s aquaculture expansion July 19, 2013, 8:34 am Undercurrent News Irish Seafood Board plans to expand the country’s aquaculture output and raise sales of seafood to €1bn are unsustainable, said groups including the government agency, Inland Fisheries Ireland. Yesterday the Irish Seafood Board [BIM] announced that aquaculture will be central to its … Continue reading
FRIEND OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT PRESS RELEASE: Call for public consultation on new aquaculture policy JULY 18 2013 Friends of the Irish Environment are calling on Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Simon Coveney asking him to open public consultation following the recent publication of the BIM Strategy 2013 – 2017. The strategy, launched yesterday … Continue reading
Inland Fisheries Ireland: New Study – Angling worth €0.75 billion to Irish Economy and supporting 10,000 jobs in rural Ireland Scale and value of Ireland’s angling resource greatly under appreciated – Minister O’Dowd The Minister of State with Responsibility for Natural Resources, Fergus O’ Dowd T.D. today warmly welcomed the findings of a new national … Continue reading
Irish Independent, 18 July 2013: Anglers valued at a staggering €750m to economy – report By Ed Carty – 18 July 2013 Anglers are worth about three-quarters of a billion to the economy, a new study has revealed. A study into the value of people fishing on loughs, rivers and the coast has found that … Continue reading
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