Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 October 2003

We have had an incident closer to home in Donegal in the not too distant past, to which the Minister referred, when 100 tonnes of salmon died and were dumped illegally. This will inevitably cause problems in that area but worse still, nobody seems to know what killed them, which casts a cloud over the whole salmon industry. There are many who believe this is an enterprise which needs better regulation to ensure this type of incident does not occur again. I was glad to hear that the Marine Institute is continuing its investigations into what happened and I hope its findings will be published. Perhaps we should consider establishing an independent inspectorate separate from the Department, which I understand operates in some other countries, to issue licences and monitor the operation of all fish farms around our coast.

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