Labour TD seeks rejection of Galway Bay fish farm application Galway West TD Derek Nolan claims 15,000-tonne ‘organic’ project too risky Irish TImes Friday 10 Oct 2014 Labour Party Galway West TD Derek Nolan claimed yesterday a proposed 15,000-tonne “organic” fish farm in Galway Bay “carries too many risks”. File photograph: Getty Images … Continue reading
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Galway Advertiser, 9 Oct 2014: Government accused of bias over controversial salmon farm plans
Government accused of bias over controversial salmon farm plans Galway Advertiser, Thu, Oct 09, 2014 BY KERNAN ANDREWS Serious questions about Government impartiality and independence over controversial plans to construct a massive salmon farm off Inis Óirr have been raised following the emergence of minutes from a meeting between the Taoiseach and a fish farm … Continue reading
Connaught Tribune, 9 October 2014: Taoiseach Enda Kenny caught up in ‘fishy’ row over Galway salmon farm
Taoiseach Enda Kenny caught up in ‘fishy’ row over Galway salmon farm Connaught Tribune 9 October 2014 By: Dara Bradley Taoiseach Enda Kenny is at the centre of a new storm over his ‘fishy’ elevation of a ‘champion’ of fish-farms to a ministerial position with responsibility for fish farming, after lobbying from the largest … Continue reading
Irish Times, 28 September 2014: Welcome from IFI for review of studies into effects of sea lice on trout and salmon stocks
Welcome from IFI for review of studies into effects of sea lice on trout and salmon stocks Irish Times, 28 September 2014 By Derek Evans Mariet Timmermans from Holland with an excellent sea trout of 4lb caught on Lough Currane, Waterville, Co Kerry, on the fly. photograph: vincent appleby INLAND Fisheries Ireland (IFI) … Continue reading
Irish Examiner, 20 Sept 2014: Concern at proposed Aran fish farm plan
Concern at proposed Aran fish farm plan Irish Examiner, 20 Sept 2014 By Claire O’Sullivan The state agency in charge of the country’s rivers has called on the Department of Agriculture to consider a study which concluded fish farming has a “general negative effect” on sea trout stocks, when deciding to grant permission to … Continue reading
Irish Times, 15 Sept 2014: Fish farms a breeding ground for tensions over job creation
Events out west cut to heart of a flaw in the environment versus development debate Irish Times, 15 Sept 2014 By John McManus Events out west cut to heart of a flaw in the environment versus development debate Something interesting has happened out west. For the best part of two years Bord Iascaigh … Continue reading
Irish Examiner, Friday 15 August 2014: Upscaling deep-sea salmon farms
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
Friends of the Irish Environment, Press Release, 12 Aug 2014: Welcome for Galway Council’s rejection of fish farm application
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
Connemara Journal, July 8, 2014: Fish farm under fire over water extraction in Kilkieran
Fish farm under fire over water extraction in Kilkieran Connemara Journal — July 8, 2014 A pipeline laid in Kilkieran last month to access millions of litres of water from a lake in the Carna-Kilkieran Water Supply Scheme has been installed without planning permission – and with no agreement in place with Irish Water. The … Continue reading
EU Fish News, 6 June 2014: Irish Braced For Organic Expansion
Irish Braced For Organic Expansion EU Fish News, 6 June 2014 PREPARATORY work towards applying for a 3.5 – 5k tonne per annum organic salmon farm off the coast of Mayo is still underway, the Irish seafood development agency (Bord Iascaigh Mhara) has confirmed today. The Mayo proposal, the second of three ‘deep-sea fish farms’ … Continue reading
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