The Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (ALAB) has granted an Oral Hearing to those appealing the decision by the Department of Agriculture to give a licence for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay. This decision validates the concerns raised by locals, environmental groups and fishermen. “It is now five years since Marine Harvest first applied for … Continue reading
We Need You – time to send objections, comments and observations about Shot Head salmon farm proposal On 20 September 2014, a Public Notice appeared in the Southern Star: Southern Star 20 Sept 2014 Dept Marine Shot Head Public Notice The documents relate to additional information requested by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the … Continue reading
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
WORLD EXPERT WARNS MINISTER ON SEA LICE CITES ‘RECENT INCORRECT INFORMATION IN THE MEDIA’ FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT: PRESS RELEASE 13 MAY 2013 The Chair of the World Register of Marine Species, President of the International Association of Biological Oceanography, and Marine and Freshwater Editor of the journal Biological Conservation has written to Minister … Continue reading
TEMPLE BAR is surely the most improbable place on Earth for a spot of political banter. By MYLES McENTEE, Monday 29 April 2013 The bustling little tourist enclave in the heart of our capital city is an unlikely hub for deep thinkers mulling over affairs of state. Anyone who knows the beat would reckon there … Continue reading
Irish Times, 2 March 2013: Protesters oppose €100m fish farm TIM O’BRIEN Up to 2,000 people have marched through Galway City in protest at plans by Bord Iascaigh Mhara to locate a €100 million fish farm on a 456 hectare site in the lee of the Aran Islands. The marchers who wielded banners proclaiming “Save … Continue reading
Southern Star Saturday September 1, 2012 Save Bantry Bay committee to intensify protest against salmon farm expansion – by Brian Moore The Save Bantry Bay committee (SBB) is calling on the people of the Beara Peninsula to unite and stop the proposed expansion of the Marine Harvest salmon farm at Shot Head in Bantry Bay. … Continue reading
7,000 homes in the Beara Peninsula have been targeted by Save Bantry Bay, a voluntary group campaigning to prevent the expansion of Marine Harvest’s fish farms in the Bay. In a leaflet distributed by An Post, the group details problems of pollution through the poor circulation of water in the bay. It claims that the … Continue reading
Therapist, environmentalist and author of international acclaim BODO J BAGINSKI: AN INTERNATIONAL authority on alternative and holistic therapies, Bodo Baginski, who has died aged 60, had more than 20 books to his name. Baginski however was best known in west Cork for his role as an environmental campaigner in the battle against pollution in Bantry Bay. Originally … Continue reading
Damien Enright, author, journalist and veteran environmentalist, who wrote a series of beautiful books on West Cork (and elsewhere), comments in today´s Irish Examiner: Salmon farming a threat to sea life By Damien Enright Monday, April 16, 2012 THE dry weather continues and we have Ireland to ourselves. The roads are free of tour buses and tourist traffic. … Continue reading
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