Priceless sprat stocks must be saved now, minister Irish Examiner, by Damien Enright I was outraged as I read an article entitled “Sprat —worthless dead but priceless alive” by Cork Whale Watch skipper Colin Barnes in The West Cork People, my excellent local community newspaper. I imagine our Minister for Fisheries, Simon Coveney, will have seen … Continue reading
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EU Fish News, 16 Dec 2014: Jellyfish kill 300,000 salmon
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
Irish Examiner, 20 Oct 2014: Pesticides ‘threaten shellfish industry’
Pesticides ‘threaten shellfish industry’ Irish Examiner 20 Oct 2014 By Eddie Cassidy The failure of Government departments to regulate fish farm-used pesticides is continuing to threaten shellfish and inshore fishing industries, along with marine wildlife, in West Cork. A study strongly confirms the levels of aquaculture pesticides used to kill sea lice in fish farms … Continue reading
The Arctic Sounder, 5 Sept 2014: Alaska-made film takes aim at salmon farming
Alaska-made film takes aim at salmon farming The Arctic Sounder September 5th 2014 By Jill Homer Sara Pozonsky, a lifelong Alaska fisherman and owner of Wild Alaskan Salmon Company, believes salmon farms are a perilously overlooked environmental catastrophe. And she’s launched an advocacy effort to help nudge the issue into the spotlight. Pozonsky, Tracie Donahue, and … Continue reading
Irish Examiner, 18 July 2014: Coveney green lights contentious algae farm
Coveney green lights contentious algae farm Irish Examiner, 18 July 2014 Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is on another collision course with residents of Bantry after he approved a fish farming licence for a company seeking to cultivate native seaweed in the West Cork bay. Up to 18 objections were lodged against the … Continue reading
FIE Press Release, 16 Dec 2013: Connemara fish farm resumption ‘illegal’
Connemara fish farm resumption ‘illegal’ Friends of the Irish Environment Press Release 16 December 2013 Latest Connemara fish farm could lead to EU daily fines Government reported to EU. An environmental group has reported the resumption of fish farming in Kilkiernan Bay on the north shore of Galway Bay to the European Commission. Friends of … Continue reading
5 Dec 2013: VIDEO Galway Bay Fish Farm Ireland – Eorpa Report
Galway Bay Fish Farm Ireland – Eorpa Report
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
CTV News, 15 Oct 2013: The wrong kind of salmon shows up in a New Brunswick river
The wrong kind of salmon shows up in a New Brunswick river CTV Atlantic Published Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:18PM ADT You would think a large appearance of Atlantic salmon in a river where the fish had virtually disappeared would be cause for celebration. Not so in New Brunswick, where the wrong kind of salmon … Continue reading
Huffington Post, 10 Oct 2013: We Are What We Eat: The Hidden Costs of Farmed Salmon
We Are What We Eat: The Hidden Costs of Farmed Salmon Huffington Post, 10 October 2013 Salmon seems to be the perfect food — very tasty, high in protein and healthy Omega-3 fatty acids, and easy to prepare and cook. But as with every other overfished species in the sea, there simply aren’t enough of … Continue reading
