Licence bid for Galway Bay deep sea fish farm

Bord Iascaigh Mhara will shortly submit an aquaculture licence application for a deep sea fish farm in Galway Bay, says Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

The site 6 km from Galway, and 1.5 km east of the southernmost of the Aran Islands, would produce 15,000 tonnes of salmon, worth about €103 million a year. The new farm would double Ireland’s existing 12,000 tonnes per year salmon output.

According to Mr Coveney, the site has been chosen by the Marine Institute after much research and working with environmental agencies within the Government.