Save Bantry Bay Press Release: BIM’S 5 Year Plan Environmentally and Economically Unsustainable 18 July 2013 Yesterday BIM announced that aquaculture will be central to its new five-year plan for Ireland’s seafood sector that it hopes will deliver €1billion of seafood sales. To achieve this, BIM’s Chief Executive, Jason Whooley, is proposing a necklace of … Continue reading
Irish Times, 17 July 2013: Marine Institute defends scientific study on wild salmon Research had been criticised by groups opposing fish farms. The Marine Institute said it “stands firmly over all peer-reviewed scientific papers published by its staff and we support open access to high-quality research”. By Lorna Siggins Wednesday 17 July 2013 The Marine … Continue reading
1,200 New Jobs and €1 Billion Seafood Sales to be Delivered Under BIM’s 2013-2017 Strategy – Minister Coveney launches Ambitious Agenda for Agency and Seafood Sector 17 July 2013 Pictured at the launch were Kieran Calnan; Chairman; Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food and Jason Whooley, CEO BIM Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) … Continue reading
Marine Institute has serious questions to answer about sea lice article. 15 July 2013 – The following statement was issued today by Salmon Watch Ireland: < The Marine Institute has serious questions to answer arising from the publication of an article about sea lice by some of its staff. It now transpires that this article … Continue reading
Irish Times, 11 July 2013: State bodies at loggerheads over proposed salmon farm Marine Institute and IFI cite scientific evidence for opposing views on effect of sea lice on wild stock mortality rates By Lorna Siggins Were David Attenborough to visit the west coast of Ireland in search of natural drama, he couldn’t select two … Continue reading
Press Release 11th July 2013, No Salmon Farms at Sea The Marine Institute have yet again produced a “study” which can at very best be described as a source of misinformation. The Jackson et al study “Evaluation of the Input of Aquaculture and Freshwater Habitat on the Status of Atlantic Salmon Stocks in Ireland” has … Continue reading
Press Release Salmon Watch Ireland: The IFA are simply wrong about salmon farming 9 July 2013 In his usual over- the- top way, the IFA’s Aquaculture Executive, Mr Richie Flynn, has claimed that a recent paper written by a number of Marine Institute staff confirms that there is ‘no impact from salmon farming on wild … Continue reading
Lice, damned lies and statistics The Village Magazine, 8 July 2013 By Tony Lowes Biased Siggins on ‘Morning Ireland’ repeatedly distorted the science and politics of salmon-farming and sea lice – failing elementary journalistic standards Lorna Siggins’ performance on ‘Morning Ireland’ last Friday stunned those who have been following the fish-farm and sea-lice controversy which … Continue reading
Irish Times, Letter to Editor, 6 July 2013: Salmon and sea lice Sir, – I wish to respond to the claim by the Marine Institute that the effect of sea lice on migrating salmon smolts is negligible (Home News, July 3rd). This study looked at the returns of hundreds of thousands of salmon smolts over … Continue reading
Lice and damn lies in Ireland Fish News EU, http://www.fishnewseu.com THE environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment have lodged a ‘request for redress of mal-administration’ to Minister Simon Coveney alleging that the Department of Agriculture Food and Fisheries [DAFF] knowingly misled the European Commission in its investigation of sea lice and wild salmon. The … Continue reading
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