Save Bantry Bay Submission: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Consultation The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is inviting submissions on a new National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development and related strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessment. Deadline for receipt of submissions is 5.30pm on 24 July 2015. A copy of the … Continue reading
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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
Letter to the Editor, Galway Independent, 27 Nov 2013: To promote fish farm as job creation scheme is galling
To promote fish farm as job creation scheme is galling Letter to the Editor, Galway Independent, 27 Nov 2013 Dear Editor, I refer to CEO of Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Mr Whooly’s arrogant piece, extolling the virtues of the giant, formerly “Deep Sea”, now “near-off-shore” salmon farms for Galway Bay. He is bemoaning the fact that … Continue reading
BBC News, 4 August 2013: Irish battle over plans for Aran giant salmon farm
Irish battle over plans for Aran giant salmon farm By Diarmaid Fleming BBC News, 4 August 2013 Anglers fear that stocks of wild salmon and sea trout will be threatened Plans for the Republic of Ireland’s biggest salmon farm have sparked a furious dispute, with a group of islanders in one of Europe’s most remote … Continue reading
Letter to Marine Institute: Research Paper ‘Evaluation of the impacts of aquaculture and freshwater habitat on the status of Atlantic salmon stocks in Ireland’
Dr Peter Heffernan Marine Institute Rinville Oranmore Co. Galway By email: peter.heffernan@marine.ie 22 July 2013 Dear Dr Heffernan, RE: Research Paper ‘Evaluation of the impacts of aquaculture and freshwater habitat on the status of Atlantic salmon stocks in Ireland’ It was with great interest we read the paper by David Jackson of the Marine Institute … Continue reading
Irish Independent, 18 July 2013: Anglers valued at a staggering €750m to economy – report
Irish Independent, 18 July 2013: Anglers valued at a staggering €750m to economy – report By Ed Carty – 18 July 2013 Anglers are worth about three-quarters of a billion to the economy, a new study has revealed. A study into the value of people fishing on loughs, rivers and the coast has found that … 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
Irish Examiner, 29 June 2013: Fish farm plan blow to wild Atlantic salmon
Fish farm plan blow to wild Atlantic salmon Saturday, June 29, 2013 We in FISSTA welcome Ray Ryan’s exclusive report (Irish Examiner, Jun 24) quoting Minister Rabbitte on a recent study that angling tourism is worth €500m and supports more than 10,000 jobs annually in ‘rural and peripheral communities, particularly in the west of Ireland’. … Continue reading
Irish Examiner, 24 June 2013: Recreational angling sector generates €500m annually
Recreational angling sector generates €500m annually Irish Examiner, 24 June 2013 By Ray Ryan THE recreational angling sector is generating direct revenues in excess of €500m a year. Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Pat Rabbitte revealed the figure in a written reply to a Dáil question. He said the vast majority of the revenue … Continue reading
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