Weekly Update

Salmon Watch Ireland attended a webinar concerning land based aquaculture systems. The discussion was both interesting and informative. Our goal here is to see salmon farming move on-land for the entire production cycle and it was interesting to see that hybrid systems utilising sea water (Flow Through) and RAS in combination worked effectively. The major […]

Deenish Island – Re-establishment ongoing

Deenish Island salmon farm is currently undergoing extensive upgrading (October 2024) for the next stocking of smolts in February 2025, despite being ordered to close in 2019. This demonstrates the very obvious failings of government bureaucracy whereby the appeal against closure is ongoing for nearly six years. It is depressing that such a situation is […]

The  Marine Institute Year in Review 2023 includes a comprehensive count of wild salmon and sea trout for 2023 and demonstrates a declining and unstable population of wild salmon and dramatic population collapse of sea trout. The data covering the period 2019 to 2023 demonstrates a declining trend of survival at sea for wild salmon […]

Farmed Salmon Mortality – A new low in Donegal

A new low has been reached in Donegal. Salmon farming has experienced enormous mortality events on a continuous basis but evidence is difficult to garner as the whole process of reporting is shrouded in secrecy. The majority of farm renewal applications are redacted heavily but the latest application has its mortality figures on display without […]