Could proposals for the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site provide a back door for fish farming in the bay? That’s the concern of local campaigners after a Statutory Instrument was enacted earlier this month that changes the licensing laws for salmon farming for research purposes, as the Connacht Tribune reports. The new law allows for salmon farms under 50 tonnes to operate without an Environmental Impact Assessment…
Afloat, 25/09/16. Read the full article ‘Campaigners Fear ‘Back Door’ Salmon Farming Via Galway Bay Test Site‘.
