Anglers are our allies against unsustainable industrial fishing Guardian, 25 Jan 2014 British anglers and sport fishers bring more benefits to the economy, but a flawed policy alienates them completely Here are some figures that should be highly disruptive to the way that governments make decisions about how they treat our seas. Total value of … Continue reading
Galway Bay Fish Farm Ireland – Eorpa Report
IFA slams environmental group as ‘anti-development’ Irish Examiner, Thursday, December 05, 2013 The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has accused an environmental group of being “anti-development” and of “condemning hundreds of young people to emigration” by its opposition to planned fish farms in West Cork and off the Aran Islands. According to the IFA, Friends of … Continue reading
SALMON Watch Ireland (Swirl) has welcomed the decision of the European Commission (EC) to re-open its file on complaints submitted to it in 2009 about the impact of salmon farm generated sea lice on migrating juvenile wild salmon. The complaints had been lodged by Swirl and Friends of the Irish Environment (Fie). The re-opening of … Continue reading
To promote fish farm as job creation scheme is galling Letter to the Editor, Galway Independent, 27 Nov 2013 Dear Editor, I refer to CEO of Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Mr Whooly’s arrogant piece, extolling the virtues of the giant, formerly “Deep Sea”, now “near-off-shore” salmon farms for Galway Bay. He is bemoaning the fact that … Continue reading
Salmon Protestors Target Rivers Trust EU Fish News, 28 Oct 2013 WILD salmon advocates will ask members of the Rivers & Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) to withdraw their support for the controversial Managing Interactions Aquaculture Project and file objections to all salmon farm applications at their AGM on Thursday. Protect Wild Scotland will be … Continue reading
IFI stand over findings of socio-economic study 10 October 2013 Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) stands over all of the findings in the recent Socio-economic Study of Recreational Angling in Ireland following erroneous reports in certain elements of the media which suggested that the value of recreational salmon angling was overstated in the study. The principal … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor, Galway Independent: If the king knew what he was eating he’d lose his appetite 25 Sept 2013 Dear Editor, Unlike Mr Roche of the Irish Seafood Producers Group, those of us who oppose the Galway Bay Salmon Cage proposal are believers in free speech, which is why we welcomed his arrogant … Continue reading
Irish Independent Letters, 24 Sept 2013: UPSTREAM BATTLE * Figures released on September 9 last (http://www.fishupdate.com) stated that 162,000 tonnes of Scottish-farmed salmon had a value of £537m (€638m) and sustained a total of 1,500 direct and indirect jobs. These figures suggest that a 15,000- tonne salmon farm as proposed by the state agency An … Continue reading
Sea lice and scientific evidence Irish Times, Letters, 24 September 2013 Sir, – Once again, Fintan O’Toole (“Something fishy about salmon farm evidence”, Opinion & Analysis, September 17th) does the nation a great service by exposing part of the fishy salmon farming story against our wild fish habitat. For over 30 years the sea lice … Continue reading
