Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total number of employees and full-time equivalent directly employed in salmon farming operations here in 2010; and the total harvested tonnage of farmed salmon here each year from 2007 to 2010. [16371/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by BIM that they estimate full time equivalent (FTE) employment in salmon farming in 2010 at 303, with a further 424 FTE indirectly employed in support activities.

BIM also advise that the quantity of farmed salmon harvested was as set out in the table.