Salmon Watch Ireland Newsletter
Deenish Island Aquaculture Update
Urgent Concerns Raised by Salmon
Watch Ireland
Licence Breach: Introduction of Pre-Adult Salmon
The recent transfer of fish to the Deenish Island site appears to breach key conditions of the extant aquaculture licence (AQ199).
The licence strictly permits the introduction of smolts only—juvenile salmon—up to a cap of 400,000.
The recent stocking of 406,450 pre-adult salmon, each averaging 2.155 kg, appears to represent a clear breach of this stipulation. This information was provided on foot of a request for AIE (Access to Environmental Information) to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.