THE Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney, has confirmed that 230,000 salmon are missing after storms significantly damaged a salmon farm in Gearhries, Bantry Bay, Co Cork, on February 1st, 2014, making it Ireland’s largest single salmon farm escape in history. “As things stand there is no evidence of any mortalities at the Gearhries salmon farm and not one of the missing salmon are accounted for. This could spell disaster for wild salmon in Bantry Bay.” said secretary Alec O’Donovan…
Irish Times, 14/04/14. Read the full article ‘Minister confirms single biggest salmon-farm escape in history in Gearhries, Bantry Bay in Co Cork‘.