Fish Farms

National Survey of Sea Lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer and Caligus elongatus Nordmann) on Fish Farms in Ireland – 2020

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Farmed stocks of Atlantic salmon in Ireland are inspected on 14 occasions throughout the year to monitor sea lice levels as part of a national programme. Sea lice are a naturally occurring parasite found on marine fish, including salmonids.

They are small ecto-parasitic copepod crustaceans and there are approximately 559 species.

The objectives of the National Sea Lice Monitoring Programme are:

*To provide an objective measurement of infestation levels on farms. * To investigate the nature of infestations. * To provide management information to drive the implementation of control and management strategies. * To facilitate further development and refinement of this strategy.

The sea lice control and management strategy has five principal components:

* Separation of generations. * Annual fallowing of sites. * Early harvest of two-sea-winter fish. * Targeted treatment regimes, including synchronous treatments. * Agreed husbandry practices.

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Aquaculture: Land Based Licenses

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Note: this listing may not include all land based aquaculture licenses, contact Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, National Seafood Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork for updates, as their website notes there may be omissions

Clare

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FCL T8-66 Scarriff, Mountshannon and Whitegate Angling Club (pdf 3,041Kb) Download

Cork

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AQ1245 T05-314 Bantry Marine Research Station Ltd (pdf 1,143Kb) Download

Donegal

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FCL215 T12-85 Hydro Seafood Fanad (pdf 6,654Kb) Download

Galway

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AQ1406 T09-456 Abalone Chonamara Teoranta (pdf 776Kb) Download

Kerry

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FCL37 T6-90 Patrick O’Sullivan (pdf 2,862Kb) Download

Kilkenny

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FCL 51 T27-13 Mr William Connolly & Sons Ltd (pdf 1,494Kb) Download

Louth

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AQ1028 T01/64/1 Dundalk Salmon Anglers Association (pdf 536Kb) Download

Mayo

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AQ567 T10-264 Inland Fisheries Ireland (pdf 504Kb) Download

Offaly

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AQ1133 T25 – 5 Bord na Móna PLC (pdf 1,102Kb) Download

Roscommon

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AQ78 T22-7 Derek Rowley (pdf 3,798Kb) Download

Sligo

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AQ1146 T11-70 Keywater Fisheries Ltd (pdf 1,140Kb) Download

Tipperary

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AQ 342 T26-13 Inland Fisheries Ireland (pdf 2,578Kb) Download

Westmeath

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AQ1084 T24-3 Inland Fisheries Ireland (pdf 589Kb) Download

Wicklow

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AQ1113 T32-5 IDAS Ltd (pdf 1,122Kb) Download

Salmon Watch

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Salmon Watch Ireland has launched a Complaint to the Commission of European Communities.

This complaint focuses on Sections of the Fisheries Act 1997 which permits the continuation of salmon farm licences which have expired.

Salmon Farming:Complaint to the Commission of the European Communities about the Government of Ireland’s failure to comply with Community law.

What are Co-ordinated Local Aquaculture Management Systems? And how does CLAMS work?

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The CLAMS process is a non-statutory management system, which is anchored in the national marine policy and development programmes.

It is envisaged that CLAMS will highlight issues in a bay and co-ordinate the industry and relevant bodies to deal with them. It is separate to licensing issues and is not going to solve or take responsibility for all issues. The concept focuses at local bay level while still taking on board relevant national policies.

The object of this process is to formulate a management plan for the bay, which incorporates and extends the concepts of Single Bay Management to all farmed species.

https://www.marine.ie/Home/site-area/areas-activity/aquaculture/sea-lice/co-ordinated-local-aquaculture-management-systems