Mr Coveney has been given false scientific information on the issues with salmon farming in Ireland and there effects on our much valued Wild Salmon and Sea Trout stocks to our Irish economy. - Press Release 15/8/13 : Don’t licence lice Mr.Coveney! - Don’t Licence Lice! No Salmon Farms At Sea (NSFAS) has today called on Minister Simon Coveney to halt Bord Iascaigh Mhara(BIM)’s licence application for a salmon farm in Galway Bay until an independent scientific examination of the facts is carried out. In their licence application, and subsequent communications to the media, BIM have relied heavily on research by D. Jackson at the Marine Institute, which purported to show a negligible risk (1%) to migrating salmon from sea-lice. This conclusion has been challenged by a team of researchers, led by Dr M Krkosek of the University of Toronto, who state that “such a conclusion can be supported only if one is prepared to accept at least three fundamental methodological errors”, and that the actual mortality of salmon caused by sea-lice is thirty times higher. This follows on from the letter from Dr. Mark Costello, University of Auckland, to Minister Coveney in May of this year, which expressed surprise at the incorrect information about whether sea lice from salmon farms can cause problems on wild fish. Dr. Costello concluded his letter stating “It appears that sea lice are the most significant impact of salmon farms generally by virtue of their impact on wild salmonids.” Chair of NSFAS, Paddy Keenan stated: “This proves what we have been saying all along. BIM and the minister have stated that they are relying on the science to justify the salmon farm proposal, despite counter arguments from scientists at Inland Fisheries Ireland, Canada and New Zealand. This work by Dr Krkosek completely demolishes the scientific basis for the proposal and indeed calls either the motives or the capabilities of the Marine Institute into question. We are calling on the minister to delay any work on this licence until he has commissioned an independent report from acknowledged experts. Our wild salmon stocks are in a precarious state for many reasons. We cannot afford any further threats to them.” Notes for editors 1. No Salmon Farms at Sea is an NGO nosalmonfarmsatsea/about-us 2. Full details of the paper by Dr Krkosek and his colleagues can be found here: Krkosek et al comment on Jackson et al 2013. 3. Dr Costello’s letter to the minister can be found here : Read the full letters and the research papers Professor Costello … friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/…/Costello-letter-and-papers-12.0… 4. The research by scientists at the Marine Institute was published in the Journal of Fish Diseases Impact of Lepeophtheirus Salmonis on Migrating Atlantic Salmon 5. Paddy Keenan can be contacted at paddykeenan@nosalmonfarmsatsea Tel: 0872746755 Damien O’Brien PRO can be contacted at damienobrien@nosalmonfarmsatsea Tel: 0877673157 - nosalmonfarmsatsea/archives/803
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:48:09 +0000
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