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
DDT found in salmon: Pesticide discovered in farmed fish on sale in five major British supermarkets Daily Mail, 8 March 2014. Trace levels found in Waitrose, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Iceland salmon Salmon production process involves dousing fish in chemicals to kill lice Fish also given protein feed which can contain DDT and other by-products … Continue reading
Scottish Government: Confirmed Designation Notice of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in Salmon Farms 10 Dec 2013 The presence of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) virus has been confirmed, in wrasse at six aquaculture sites in Shetland. One site is a land based aquaculture research unit at the North Atlantic Fisheries College, Scalloway, Shetland, where all the wrasse … Continue reading
Baffled by enthusiasm of salmon farm endorsement The Southern Star, Saturday December 7th 2013 IN a properly-functioning democracy, political leaders have to answer to the public for their actions. They resign. But in Ireland the idea of holding public officials accountable for their failure to perform in the way expected of them is considered a … Continue reading
Slow Food International Reiterates Negative Standpoint on Intensive Fish Farms 02 Dec 13 In the wake of Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Simon Coveney’s upcoming decision on whether or not to grant the state agency for fishing and aquaculture in Ireland, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, licenses for fish farms in Galway Bay, Slow … Continue reading
Protestors urge farmed salmon boycott outside Good Food Ireland awards Wednesday, November 20, 2013 By Conall Ó Fátharta Irish Examiner Reporter Environmental groups protested outside the Good Food Ireland awards and called on the food and tourism sector to boycott farmed salmon this Christmas. Protesters at the launch of ‘Boycott Farmed Salmon For Christmas’ at … Continue reading
2013 BOYCOTT FARMED SALMON THIS CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN DUBLIN LAUNCH TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 10 AM [AND FOR THE MINISTER AT 3 PM] GOOD FOOD IRELAND ANNUAL CONFERENCE SHELBOURNE HOTEL STEPS, ST STEVEN’S GREEN, DUBLIN Opponents of plans to expand open salmon rearing cages along the west coast are demonstrating at the annual conference of Good Food … Continue reading
Marine Harvest Irish third quarter loses of €4 million to “exceptional mortalities” West Cork Times, 8 Nov 2013 Environmentalists claim losses show economic failure of open cage salmon farming. MARINE Harvest, the Norwegian company who produce 80% of Ireland’s farmed salmon, have reported production down by 36% with exceptional loses of €4 million for 2013 … Continue reading
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