Conference highlights impact of climate change, fish farming and non-target catching on Irish stocks The Atlantic wild salmon is in a “serious position” and various conservation measures “don’t seem to have worked”, Inland Fisheries Ireland chief executive Dr Ciaran Byrne has said. Speaking at the annual Salmon Watch Ireland conference in Galway, Dr Byrne said … Continue reading
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SBB Press Release, 16 Oct 2014: Sea lice Pesticides Exceed Environmental Health Standards
Press Release: Sea lice Pesticides Exceed Environmental Health Standards 16 Oct 2014 A new study has revealed the levels of aquaculture pesticides used to kill sea lice in fish farms are exceeding standards set to protect the environment.1 Researchers took samples of water, sea bed sediment and various marine organisms near Nowegian fish … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor, Irish Times, 24 Feb 2014: Salmon farming under the spotlight
Letter to the Editor, Irish Times, 24 Feb 2014: Salmon farming under the spotlight A chara, – I refer to the interview with Alf-Helge Aarskog, Marine Harvest’s chief executive (Una McCaffrey, Business This Week, February 14th). That you saw fit to print a full page piece painting a very uncritical version of the salmon aquaculture … Continue reading
Press Release: Consortium of groups meet in Galway to halt expansion plans of salmon farms by B.I.M.
Press Release: Consortium of groups meet in Galway to halt expansion plans of salmon farms by B.I.M. Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages 28 January 2014 A joint meeting of angling and environmental groups from all over Ireland met in the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway on Sunday 26th January to discuss a national strategy to defeat … Continue reading
Galway Independent, 27 Nov 2013: Opportunity to be a Leader in Fish Farm Industry
Opportunity to be a leader in fish farm industry Galway Independent, 27 Nov 2013 In the opinion piece by Jason Whooly of BIM in last week’s paper (‘Time to realise our salmon farming potential’, Wednesday 20 November) hope is expressed that the “local people will see the sense” in what BIM are proposing and will … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor, Galway Independent: If the king knew what he was eating he’d lose his appetite
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
Letter to the Editor, Irish Examiner, 3 August 2013: Pros and cons of fish farming
Letter to the Editor, Irish Examiner: Pros and cons of fish farming Saturday, August 03, 2013 The debate on the proposal to establish fish farming in Bantry Bay and Galway Bay continues. Two State agencies, An Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Inland Fisheries Ireland, are contradictory on the merits of the scheme. The adjudication is hampered … Continue reading
Southern Star, 27 July 2013: €1bn salmon farming plan condemned
€1bn salmon farming plan condemned BIM chairman Kieran Calnan, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, and BIM chief executive officer Jason Whooley at the launch of the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) 2013-2017 strategy, entitled ‘Capturing Ireland’s Share of The Global Seafood Opportunity.’ By Brian Moore Irish Examiner, 27 July 2013 PLANS … Continue reading
Undercurrent News, 19 Jul 2013: Fishermen, NGOs question Ireland’s aquaculture expansion
Fishermen, NGOs question Ireland’s aquaculture expansion July 19, 2013, 8:34 am Undercurrent News Irish Seafood Board plans to expand the country’s aquaculture output and raise sales of seafood to €1bn are unsustainable, said groups including the government agency, Inland Fisheries Ireland. Yesterday the Irish Seafood Board [BIM] announced that aquaculture will be central to its … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay Press Release: BIM’S 5 Year Plan Environmentally and Economically Unsustainable
Save Bantry Bay Press Release: BIM’S 5 Year Plan Environmentally and Economically Unsustainable 18 July 2013 Yesterday BIM announced that aquaculture will be central to its new five-year plan for Ireland’s seafood sector that it hopes will deliver €1billion of seafood sales. To achieve this, BIM’s Chief Executive, Jason Whooley, is proposing a necklace of … Continue reading
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