Battle for Galway Bay won by people power – war against marine salmon farming to continue.

Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages (GBASC) welcomes statement from BIM, withdrawing their 15 thousand tonne (7.2million fish) Galway Bay salmon farm application. A huge amount of tax payers money has been wasted by BIM and other State agencies over the last 3 years on this flawed application. Questions have now to be asked of Minister … Continue reading →

Irish Times, 10 Oct 2014: Labour TD seeks rejection of Galway Bay fish farm application

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 →

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 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 →

Irish Examiner, 7 August 2014: Monster salmon farm proposals are fishing in troubled waters

Monster salmon farm proposals are fishing in troubled waters   Irish Examiner, 7 August 2014   By Victoria White Coastal communities’ desperation for jobs is being exploited, along with riches of seas, argues Victoria White    WHEN Bill Smyth, of Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages, says Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s ‘Environmental Impact Study’ into the proposed, … Continue reading →

Daily Mail, 6 March 2014: The giant floating robotic fish farm set to revolutionise salmon production

The giant floating robotic fish farm set to revolutionise salmon production Daily Mail, 6 March 2014 By Mark Prigg Huge rig can be operated entirely remotely 600 tonnes of food are stored above water 245sq m pen for salmon, where they spend their entire life It may at first glance look like an oil rig, … Continue reading →

The Local – Norway’s News in English, 5 March 2014: Salmon to be farmed in giant off-shore platform

Salmon to be farmed in giant off-shore platform The Local – Norway’s News in English, 5 March 2014 Norway’s third-largest salmon farming company SalMar plans to start rearing fish out to sea using constructions based on oil platforms, each of which could house eight times as many salmon as conventional cages. The company has hired … Continue reading →