Connaught Tribune report from Galway TD

TD adds voice of opposition to proposed fish farm Wednesday, 1 April 2015 8:06 Written by: Our Reporter Galway Bay. BIM, featured, Galway Bay fish farm, galway city tribune, Noel Grealish A Galway TD has called on the Labour Ministers in Government to ensure that the application for a giant fish farm In Galway Bay …

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FISSTA CONFRONT MINISTER COVENEY WITH LEGAL NOTICE

FISSTA PRESS RELEASE 2.4.2015. FISSTA SERVE NOTICE OF LEGAL ACTION ON MINISTER COVENEY TO HALT DEVELOPMENT OF TEN MEGA SALMON FARM NOW FISSTA continue to campaign for the wild Atlantic salmon to return to abundance in our Irish rivers and confront the issues that impedes this progress such as pollution from salmon cages in the …

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River Inny on Shannon gets massive 1,000 job angling tourism outdoor forest camp holiday park.

Fissta welcome news of 1,000 tourism jobs to Longford Fish farming jobs or angling tourism jobs – it’s simple. Stay safe and clean with angling and clean environment. http://m.rte.ie/news/2015/0402/691627-longford-holiday-resort/ Center Parcs promises up to 1,000 Longford jobs One of the UK’s largest holiday resort firms has formally announced plans to create a holiday village close …

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FISSTA QUESTION MARINE HARVEST IRELAND TO START SHOWING SAME CONCERN FOR SEALICE AND TOXIC POLLUTION AS PARENT COMPANY IN NORWAY

Good news or is it another PR exercise coming from Norway salmon farmer this morning. Marine Harvest withdraws from the Association of Norwegian Fish Farmers due to the association┬┤s lack of efforts for sustainability and the fight to contain sea lice. Hard to believe my google translation on this one. If Marine Harvest are serious …

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Governments Gamble with our Health and Economy

50 SHADES OF PINK HereÔÇÖs why your farmed salmon has color added to it Gwynn Guilford March 12, 2015 From left, trout, salmon and catfish, are displayed in the seafood section of a discount retailer, often called a “big-box store,” Sunday, April 6, 2014, in suburban Virginia, just outside of Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite …

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New Step Forward for Anglers – Perhaps?

?FISSTA PRESS RELEASE IRISH ANGLERS UNITE TO FIGHT FISH FARMS IRISH ANGLING FEDERATIONS UNITE WITH FISSTA TO OPPOSE MINISTER COVENEY’S TEN MEGA FISH FARMING PLAN The campaign against the ten mega fish farm plan of Minister Coveney TD took another giant step forward this month when all the major angling federations met and finally signed …

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Celebrity Chefs must know the difference to replace farmed salmon with a Wild fish

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-205547/Salmon-health-alert.html#ixzz3HeuWv8gu Salmon health alert 09:49 31 Oct 2014, updated 11:35 09 Jan 2004 Scientists Issued a devastating new warning last night about the safety of Scottish farmed salmon. They said the fish is so contaminated with toxic chemicals it should be eaten no more than three times a year. The chemicals, which have been linked …

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MC HUGH LAMBASTS FF ON NEW IMPACT REQUEST

WILD SALMON MINISTER MC HUGH SPEAKS LIKE A TRUE CHAMPION FOR SALMON FARMING As our campaign continues in full sail against the ten mega salmon farm plan by Simon Coveney TD Minister for Agriculture and Marine, a Dail committee heard from a Minister whose job it is to oppose such toxic pollution proposals. FISSTA were …

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FISSTA commends TONY LOWES

FISSTA UPDATE ON THE EU SAGA OF COMPLAINTS FISSTA commends TONY LOWES & FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT on their pursuit for accountabilty within the maze they call the EU framework. Once again, the failure of the EU to protect our wild Atlantic salmon as outlined in long standing complaints have highlighted the weaknesses in …

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