Welcome from IFI for review of studies into effects of sea lice on trout and salmon stocks

Published on the Irish Times Sun, Sep 28, 2014

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/welcome-from-ifi-for-review-of-studies-into-effects-of-sea-lice-on-trout-and-salmon-stocks-1.1943160

Objection Against Foreshore Licence at Shot Head, Bantry Bay, Co Cork

We don't want anymore Salmon Farms on the Irish Coastline!

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Fund Raising for Ireland Against Salmon Farms

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We are running a fund raising campaign at the moment to fund a brochure and information leaflet campaign. Members of the public and consumers are almost unaware that the word Organic is being used by supermarkets, shops and restaurants in order to manipulate consumers into buying what is Farmed Salmon.

The use of the Organic Label is being totally abused not only by the people who issue the Organic Label but by the companies who are selling farmed salmon.

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Independent - Fish farms could turn tide for West Cork Tourism

Article Published in the Independent.ie on Tuesday 23rd September 2014
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fish-farms-could-turn-tide-for-west-cork-tourism-30603005.html

Public notice Southern Star 20 Sept 2014 re Shot Head application

Irish Examiner 20th September 2014 - Salmon Farming

The River Ilen in County Cork is Now also a target of the salmon farming industry.

The River Ilen in County Cork is now also a target of the salmon farming industry. A scoping letter has been sent to interested parties by the Cape Clear Fishermen's Group outlining their plans for a 5900 ton "organic" salmon farm facility over two sites at Roaring Water Bay in Skibbereen.

Environmental lobby threatens legal action over escaping salmon

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/environmental-lobby-threatens-legal-action-over-escaping-salmon-284264.html

An environmental lobby group has threatened to take the Information Commissioner to court as part of its ongoing attempt to obtain a report on the escape of 230,000 salmon in Bantry Bay last February.
Solicitors for Friends of the Irish Environment have written to the commissioner to say they will take High Court action if he fails to indicate when he intends to make a decision on whether to release the report.
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has already refused to release the report, prompting the FIE’s appeal to the commissioner.

Mr Coveney said the report, by the Department of Marine’s engineering division, was a work in progress and the public would not be served by its disclosure.
FIE appealed Mr Coveney’s refusal to the Information Commissioner but have not heard back.
Last week, solicitors O’Connell and Clarke wrote to the commissioner, arguing that his failure to respond was “concerning given that you are on notice of the gravity of this matter and the ongoing danger to the environment”.

The letter warned that should the commissioner fail to respond, FIE would make an application to the High Court compelling him to address their appeal. The report relates to an incident during a storm in Bantry Bay last February, when a cage broke loose resulting in the escape of 230,000 salmon. Mr Lowes said they wanted sight of the report to see if anything had been done since the 2010 report to ensure fish farm installations are being inspected.