BIM has applied for a licence to “grow” some 3.5 million salmon a year in cages on a 456 hectare site in the lee of the Aran Islands and claims the development has the potential to generate revenues of some €100 million annually. The sea fisheries development board said the move will create 500 jobs and provide an annual payroll of €14.5 million. Opposition has come IFI which has raised scientific concern that potential infestations of sea lice could destroy Ireland’s prized reputation for wild Atlantic salmon. This would endanger an angling industry worth at least €143 million a year and an associated €83 million in tourism revenues…
Irish Times, 02/02/13. Read the full article ‘Agencies split on Galway Bay fish farm‘.
