High Court action threatened over Bantry Bay fish farm escape report PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the Irish Environment, 31 August 2014 Friends of the Irish Environment have threatened High Court action in their attempts to obtain the report on the escape of 230,000 salmon in Bantry Bay last February. The storm … Continue reading
Salmon Lice Probe is a Family Affair EU Fish News, Friday 29 August. SCIENTISTS at the Institute of Marine Research, and the Salmon Louse Research Centre at the University of Bergen, both located in Norway, have for the first time produced families of sea lice to investigate resistance development in salmon lice. The … Continue reading
Upscaling deep-sea salmon farms Irish Examiner, Friday 15 August 2014 By Donal Maguire Bord Iascaigh Mhara has applied for an aquaculture licence to develop a deep-sea salmon farm off Inis Oírr, and is working on two further projects off the west coast to create jobs for local communities, writes Donal Maguire. Remarkably, despite … Continue reading
Fish farm told to stop extracting water Galway Independent, 13 August 2014 The operators of a Connemara fish farm have been denied planning permission to extract freshwater from the local water supply has been rejected by Galway County Council. The pipe at Kilkieran which Marine Harvest has used to extract water from Loughanore to … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT 12 AUGUST 2014 Welcome for Galway Council’s rejection of fish farm application Friends of the Irish Environment, who are seeking an injunction to remove Marine Harvest’s three kilometre pipe line extracting water from a lough in Connemarra, have welcomed the decision of the Council to reject … Continue reading
Environmental group seeks injunction to halt freshwater extraction for farmed fish Fish given emergency ‘bath’ to treat for disease Irish Times, 12 August 2014 By Lorna Siggins An injunction has been applied for by Friends of the Irish Environment to stop a fish farm company from extracting water from a Connemara lake. Photograph: Chris … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT 11 AUGUST 2014 Injunction sought in High Court against fish farm An injunction is being sought by the environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment in the High Court to require Marine Harvest to cease the extraction of water from a lough in Connemarra, to remove … Continue reading
Surface water is a key factor in the transmission of pancreas disease in salmon Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Summary: New research explains how environmental factors affect the outbreak and transmission of pancreas disease (PD) in farmed salmon. Both infected and dead salmon can shed the salmonid pancreas disease … Continue reading
Monster salmon farm proposals are fishing in troubled waters Irish Examiner, 7 August 2014 By Victoria White Coastal communities’ desperation for jobs is being exploited, along with riches of seas, argues Victoria White WHEN Bill Smyth, of Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages, says Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s ‘Environmental Impact Study’ into the proposed, … Continue reading
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