This is the latest update from Salmon Watch Ireland in relation to the current open-net salmon farm licence applications. It’s well worth taking on board that the government's Dept of Agriculture is refusing to reveal the mortality rates of these salmon farms and that commercial concerns override
Our basecamp for Connemara Salmon School discussions.
Thanks to Groundstate Coffee Roasters and Florida-based artist Oona Watkins.
We are in favour of moving open-net pen farm rural jobs and aquaculture licenses to land-based grow out facilities out of the Irish Wild Salmon's way.
Attend one of our screening fundraisers for WIST.
We paused at McSweeney's claim that Ireland is the top producer of farmed salmon in the EU.
Taoiseach Charlie Haughey established a dedicated Department of the Marine.
The physical characteristic distinctions of farmed salmon say nothing of the genetic variances now scientifically proven.
We've applied for critical funding to target escapee farmed salmon from Irish waters. Unlike hatchery salmon which have statutorily clipped adipose fins, these farmed fish are difficult to distinguish from the Irish Atlantic Salmon. However, data is growing to help us tell one from the other, and purge
