Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has condemned the “stop everything” attitude of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in relation to the proposed Galway Bay Salmon Farm and accused Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) of being “deliberately alarmist” in their approach to the project. Environmental lobby group FIE has been engaged in a war of words with BIM since it accused the state body of suppressing a report by IFI, which was critical of the proposed Salmon Farm, before then retracting the allegation.
Galway Independent, 12/11/12. Read the full article ‘BIM slams salmon farm negativity‘.