A presentation prepared by a group opposing a multi-million euro salmon farm in Bantry for a closed meeting with Cork County Council is to be made public. The committee, Save Bantry Bay (SBB), which was formed in objection to the proposed €3.5 million organic salmon farm by Marine Harvest at Shot Head near Adrigole, has organised a public meeting tomorrow, Saturday at the Eccles Hotel following the Council Western Committee’s decision to refrain from discussing the issue whilst the license application is being considered.

The Save Bantry Bay (SBB) group has raised concerns that sea lice (pictured here), prolific around fish farms, may infect young wild salmon as they travel by.
The Save Bantry Bay (SBB) group has raised concerns that sea lice (pictured here), prolific around fish farms, may infect young wild salmon as they travel by.

 

Third generation Adrigole fisherman and SBB chairman Kieran O’Shea along with local Angling Association secretary Alex O’Donovan will present the report outlining the group’s objections to the development…….read full article…The Cork News…22/03/12

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