Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed)
3:30 pm
Dr. Peter Heffernan:
Chairman, I overlooked to mention another area of growth potential for Ireland in food production is in shellfish aquaculture and shellfish production. That relies on a totally natural source of food, there is no footprint associated with the food production. Equally finfish that are fed marine-origin lipids and protein have a very high food conversion rate which would give it among the lowest carbon footprints for food.
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