Bantry Bay kelp harvesting challenge sent back to High Court

The licensed area is some 753 hectares within Bantry Bay which shares a boundary with the Beara Peninsula and with the Sheep’s Head Special Area of Conservation

BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd wants to harvest kelp for a product which has the potential to replace the use of antibiotics in animal feed. Photo: Larry Cummins

A case relating to the granting of a foreshore licence for seaweed harvesting in Bantry Bay, Cork has been sent back to the High Court for further hearing.

The case concerns a licence granted in 2014 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to kelp harvesting firm BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd which extracts bioactives from seaweed.