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Grant for Bantry Bay mega-fish farm comes after 9 years of controversy

category national | environment | press release author Thursday July 01, 2021 12:37author by foie - Friends of the Irish Environment

Press Release - Friends of the Irish Environment - July 1st 2021

Opponents to Bantry Bay Fish Farm ‘Gutted’

A spokesman for the conservation charity Friends of the Irish Environment, which is based on the Beara peninsula where a proposed 18 cage salmon farm is to be located, said this morning they were ‘gutted’ by the decision.

PRESS RELEASE
1 July 2021

Opponents to Bantry Bay Fish Farm ‘Gutted’

A spokesman for the conservation charity Friends of the Irish Environment, which is based on the Beara peninsula where a proposed 18 cage salmon farm is to be located, said this morning they were ‘gutted’ by the decision.

‘Both operators and the opponents agree that the current licensing system is not fit for purpose and yet we continue to grant permissions under this infirm legal regime. Penalties can not be graded, leaving the authorities only the option of shutting down farms which is open to legal challenge. To allow yet more salmon farms without fixing the legislation is sickening – both for us and for Bantry Bay.’

Tony Lowes, 087 2176316
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