“Civilised societies are judged by how they protect the vulnerable within Children and the Elderly” The Sick Salmon Syndrome by Brendan O`Keeffe Farmed salmon organic or otherwise is a sickly specimen when compared with the wild counterpart. The wild salmon is considered the cornerstone of nature and for good reason. The wild salmon’s DNA is … Continue reading
Prevention online magazine names 7 foods that should be avoided for health reasons. Food no 5 is “Farmed Atlantic Salmon”. Farmed Salmon David Carpenter, MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany and publisher of a major study in the journal Science on contamination in fish, gives us … Continue reading
Bodo J. Baginski, writer, musician, friend and fearless environmentalist, died in an accident on 5th June 2012 . We will miss him sadly. Read the obituary in the Irish Times: Therapist, environmentalist and author of international acclaim Sat, Jun 16, 2012 BODO J BAGINSKI: INTERNATIONAL authority on alternative and holistic therapies, Bodo Baginski, who has died … Continue reading
A letter from John Brendan O’Keeffe, Adrigole Dear People. As you know Marine Harvest has announced development of Salmon Farm by Shot Head. Your heritage and your livelihood are at stake. God knows a lot has been taken already. So much for good Governance and Guardianship. The biggest problem is sewage. Average size Salmon Farm [SF] … Continue reading
The group “Save Bantry Bay” has given up the original target to avert any new salmon farm in Bantry Bay. Instead the self-appointed committee of “Save Save Bantry Bay” is now propagating “No more open cage fish farms in Bantry Bay” and is advocating and supporting closed containment salmon farming (see photo from SSBB website … Continue reading
Bantry´s Hazel Vickery sent us the following report from Alaska´s Newspaper Anchorage Daily News: Meet salmon farming’s worst enemy — biologist Alexandra Morton. She’s perched in her boat near a fish farm, talking about diseases, the kind that might escape and kill wild salmon. Then she spies a worker peeling toward her in a boat. Alexandra … Continue reading
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Minister Simon Coveney’s letter to the Irish Examiner (Mar 28) in response to your thoughtful editorial about fish farming does not represent the situation as he outlined it to the Senate. The minister wrote to you that Ireland has a ‘rigorous systems in place in consultation with the European Commission and … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay are a recently formed group who are deeply concerned about Ireland’s inshore aquaculture policy, particularly regarding in-shore salmon farming in the Bantry Bay area. We understand a review of Bord Iascaigh Mhara is currently underway, and we wish to make a submission for the Critical Review Groups consideration. Of concern to us … Continue reading
Save Bantry Bay (SBB) have republished a controversial report commissioned by the Minister of the Marine which states that until the precise nature of the relationship between sea lice and sea trout is understood ‘a precautionary approach dictates that it would be prudent to avoid siting new fish farms or increased salmon farm production…within 20km … Continue reading
Damien Enright, author, journalist and veteran environmentalist, who wrote a series of beautiful books on West Cork (and elsewhere), comments in today´s Irish Examiner: Salmon farming a threat to sea life By Damien Enright Monday, April 16, 2012 THE dry weather continues and we have Ireland to ourselves. The roads are free of tour buses and tourist traffic. … Continue reading
