Below is the submission made by Friends of the Irish Environment to the consultation regarding Marine Harvest application for certification of their salmon farms by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council. =========================================== Jean Ragg Fisheries & Aquaculture Administrator SAI Global Assurance Services / Global Trust Quayside Business Park, Mill Street Dundalk, County Louth, IRELAND 6 July 2015 … Continue reading
GALWAY BAY AGAINST SALMON CAGES PRESS RELEASE A protest picket will take place outside the Marine Institute Rinville Oranmore Co. Galway next Thursday, 9th July at 8-45am. This picket is being organized by Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages (GBASC) to tell EC Commissioner Vella, Simon Coveney and associates that we don’t want their Environmentally damaging … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay Submission: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Consultation The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is inviting submissions on a new National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development and related strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessment. Deadline for receipt of submissions is 5.30pm on 24 July 2015. A copy of the … Continue reading
EU Report Greeted with Dismay EU Fish News, 29 June 2015 EUROPE’s seas are “neither healthy nor clean, and although they are productive at present, this may be compromised in the future if the deterioration of marine ecosystems continues”. This is how Oceana has interpreted the first State of Europe’s Seas report, which was … Continue reading
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