Minister for Marine Simon Coveney has come under increased pressure to refuse a licence for the proposed 15,000-tonne “organic” fish farm in Galway Bay, with Labour Party Galway West TD Derek Nolan declaring yesterday that the project “carries too many risks”. Mr Nolan said he had “always had concerns”, but had refrained from commenting publicly to allow Mr Coveney time to review the application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara(BIM). “However,new information coming to light this year showed that hundreds of thousands of farmed salmon escaped from a farm in Bantry bay and were unaccounted for,”…
Irish Times, 10/10/14. Read the full article ‘Labour TD seeks rejection of Galway Bay fish farm application‘.
