Salmon Farming – Is it as good as we think? By Alexandra Moreton The argument for farming the oceans goes like this: the human population is growing, we need to maximize food production, humanity has moved from hunting to farming on land and it is time to do the same in the oceans. Prominent marine … Continue reading
Pesticide bitter medicine for anglers Galway Independent, 7 August 2013 Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s description of chemicals approved for use in the Galway Bay salmon farm as medicines rather than pesticides has been slammed as laughable by opponents of the farm Concerns have been raised over the choice of pesticides for the proposed Galway Bay Salmon … Continue reading
Irish Examiner: Swimming against ‘organic’ tide Monday, August 05, 2013 WE are repeatedly being told the economic salvation of Ireland’s remote coastal and island communities will be massive new “organic” salmon farms. Analysis by Alec O’Donovan Barely a day goes by without either BIM, Marine Minister Simon Coveney, or the Irish Farmers Association promoting this … Continue reading
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 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
Organic Greenwash Village Magazine, August 1, 2013 By Tony Lowes Pesticides from salmon farms are extremely ecotoxic to crustaceans, fish and humans The recent discovery of the chemical Teflubenzuron at hundreds of times the legal limit in the environment of a Marine Harvest salmon farm in Scotland highlights the dangers of releasing chemicals uncontrolled into … Continue reading
BIM’s defence of pesticide contradicts Irish Medicines Board Product should ‘not be allowed to contaminate water’ PRESS RELEASE FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT 28 JULY 2013 BIM Aquaculture Manager Donal Maguire’s recent statement to the media that ‘cypermethrin has been fully tested in the marine environment for toxicology to ensure it is safe’ is in … Continue reading
Cancer–causing chemical found in fish Irish Examiner By Clare O’Sullivan 25 July 2013 The Norwegian seafood giant seeking to build a €3.5m organic farm in Bantry Bay has been banned from exporting to the US after a banned cancer–causing chemical was found in fish from one of its South American farms. The discovery of the … Continue reading
antiFarmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef Lester Brown, Guest Writer Science / Sustainable Agriculture June 12, 2013 The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production. The gap widened in 2012, with output from fish farming—also … Continue reading
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