Aquaculture could net 4,500 jobs

UP to 4,500 aquaculture jobs could be created off the west coast, according to a report by Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Details of the study will be published today by the sea fisheries board at its Farming the Deep Blue conference in Limerick. The two-day conference will look at how the world can develop offshore fish farming.

The Farming the Deep Blue special report commissioned for the conference concludes that Ireland has up to 15 potential sites for offshore aquaculture.