Marine Harvest salmon farm to go ahead in Bantry Bay

Farmed salmon producer Marine Harvest says it has a ready market for fish from its newly approved second site in Bantry Bay, to be completed within four months.
Marine Harvest salmon farm to go ahead in Bantry Bay

MHI has received Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine approval for aquaculture and foreshore licences for a site at Shot Head in Bantry Bay.

After a four-year application and appeals process which faced strong local resistance, MHI will invest €3.5m in the new farm, creating eight sustainable jobs post-construction.

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