Clare, Mayo and Galway top IFA Aquaculture coastal league table
Cork, Louth and Kerry all attained scores close to Clare, which pipped 2012 leader Mayo as this year’s cleanest county. IFA’s Aquaculture section, which represents all Irish fish and shellfish farmers, said it received detailed responses from local authorities in Clare, Wexford, Cork and Galway. Acknowledgements were received from Mayo and Louth councils, but no new information or acknowledgment was received from Donegal, Sligo, Limerick, Kerry or Waterford. IFA members will raise this failure to engage with the seafood sector with local representatives.
IFA Aquaculture spokesman Richie Flynn said: “Our members depend on top quality waters to produce the best seafood for home and export consumption. Bays and inlets, particularly for sensitive shellfish growing areas, are monitored monthly for contaminants from urban and domestic waste to ensure the highest food safety standards.
