IRELAND – Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed 230,000 salmon are missing after storms significantly damaged Murphy’s salmon farm in Gearhries, Bantry Bay, on 1 February 2014. This is Ireland’s largest single salmon farm escape in history.
“As things stand there is no evidence of any mortalities at the Gearhries salmon farm. To date, not one of the missing salmon are accounted for. This could spell disaster for wild salmon in Bantry Bay,” said Alec O’Donovan, Secretary of Save Bantry Bay….
The Fish Site 03/04/2014 Read the article ‘Ireland Suffers its Largest Salmon Farm Escape‘
