Press Release 26 December 2014 MARINE INSTITUTE CALL FOR STANDARDS AND INSPECTIONS ON FISH FARMS WELCOMED Environmental groups have welcomed the publication of a five year study funded by the European Commission which has called for technical standards and regular inspections for fish farms to be put in place. ‘Prevent Escape’, which involved eleven partners … Continue reading
Marine Harvest Scotland’s biological issues leave salmon processors short Undercurrent News, 18 Dec 2014 Biological problems for Marine Harvest’s Scottish salmon farming operation are causing problems for processors in the run-up to Christmas, the busiest time of the year for the sector. Problems with sea lice and other biological issues means the UK … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor, Inshore Ireland, Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 Issue Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your magazine to reply to the outdated policies on salmon farming by Donal Maguire and Benen Dallaghan of B.I. M in your August/September issue. Donal Maguire is wrong to blame the anti-salmon farm lobby for the low … Continue reading
Marine Harvest Scotland’s biological issues leave salmon processors short Undercurrent News, 18 Dec 2014 Biological problems for Marine Harvest’s Scottish salmon farming operation are causing problems for processors in the run-up to Christmas, the busiest time of the year for the sector. Problems with sea lice and other biological issues means the UK division … Continue reading
Is there something fishy about the health advice on farmed salmon? Irish Examiner, 18 Dec 2014 By Victoria White SMOKED salmon is the easy part of Christmas. Throw it on brown bread, with lemon and black pepper, and the innocents will think it’s posh and that you’ve spent a lot. But you can get 100g … Continue reading
Jellyfish kill 300,000 salmon EU Fish News, 16 Dec 2014 Loch Duart, the Scottish salmon producer, has revealed that it lost 300,000 salmon to a swarm of jellyfish last month. Large numbers of mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) jellyfish were spotted at the company’s sites in Loch Maddy in North Uist on 19th November. About the … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER 2014 FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT BOYCOTT FARMED SALMON CAMPAIGN WELCOMES SLOW FOOD INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT The Environmental groups which support the Boycot Farmed Salmon campaign at Christmas have welcomed Slow Food international’s declaration of its opposition to intensive open pen fish farms. ‘Give a Gift to the Environment … Continue reading
Environmentalists in court bid for release of report into salmon escape Irish Examiner, 5 Dec 2014 By Eion English An environmental group is going all the way to the High Court in a bid to secure the release of a Government report into a massive escape of farmed salmon. An estimated 230,000 salmon … Continue reading
High Court Order sought for Bantry Bay salmon farm escape report West Cork Times, 4 Dec 2014 THE High Court has been asked to require the Information Commissioner, Peter Tyndall, to rule on Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney’s refusal to release the accident report on the escape of 230,000 salmon in Bantry Bay last February. … Continue reading
High Court Order sought for Bantry Bay salmon farm escape Report PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 2014 The High Court has been asked to require the Information Commissioner , Peter Tyndall, to rule on Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney’s refusal to release the accident Report on the escape of 230,000 … Continue reading
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