Last December the minister for agriculture, Food and marine, Simon Coveney TD acquiredÔö¼├íadditional funding for the new role in aquaculture for which BIm had been commissioned toÔö¼├íundertake under a new brief to develop as an applicant ten mega fish farm sites off the westÔö¼├ícoast of Ireland.
Following a statutory four week consultation which ended on October 2nd,five out ofÔö¼├íthirteen state bodies made a submission to the minister for agriculture, Food and marine.Ôö¼├íInland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) failed to object or lodge an observation in time which meant thatÔö¼├íthe public were unable to benefit from the State body charged with the protection of our wildÔö¼├ífish.
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