RELAND – Tourism, anglers, and environmentalists have written jointly to all TDs calling on them to help resolve the underlying issues causing the growing and increasingly bitter conflict over the proposed Galway Bay salmon farm. The groups are seeking a full review of the current aquaculture licensing system to ensure transparency and the right to an independent review of any decisions. “Under the current system”, says Alec O’Donovan of Save Bantry Bay, “the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine hold responsibility for all stages of the aquaculture licensing process…
Thefishsite.com, 28/03/13. Read the full article ‘Call to TDs to Review Salmon Farm Licensing Procedures‘.