Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 October 2003
Fishery Policy: Statements.
Nonetheless, there is a solution. I accept the reality that one cannot close down the salmon farming industry and I do not suggest we do so. Our game fisheries are an important economic and environmental resource which can live side by side with salmon farming. It is up to the Department to work out how that can be done. It might be through fallowing, as is the case in agriculture, or perhaps by moving cages further out to sea where there are greater tides and scouring effect. However, I do not see the determination to come up with the answer. The attitude is that if we leave it alone, it will be all right.
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