July 29th, 2019 The State’s failure to adequately publish notice of plans to grant a licence for large-scale mechanical kelp harvesting off Bantry Bay means that the licence has not yet been effectively issued, the High Court has determined. In March 2009, the Tralee-based BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd applied for the Read more…
May 14th, 2019 A legal challenge to Ireland’s first large-scale mechanical seaweed harvesting project in Bantry Bay commenced in the High Court this afternoon. The community group Bantry Bay – Protect our Native Kelp Forests has sought a Judicial Review of the grant of a seaweed harvesting licence to BioAtlantis Read more…
July 4th, 2018 A recent Government announcement to protect traditional seaweed harvesting rights has prompted support from local harvesters. The Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Damien English, TD, said that his Department will protect existing rights to seaweed harvesting and not award harvesting licences to companies in areas where Read more…
June 28th, 2018 Concerned locals in Bantry Bay are set to hold a land and water-based protest this coming Sunday against the planned start of large-scale mechanical kelp harvesting in the Bay next Wednesday. A harvesting license was granted to Tralee-based biotechnology company BioAtlantis covering 1,822 acres along the Beara Read more…
13th March 2017 Residents of Bantry Bay have been shocked by the discovery of a planned mechanical kelp harvest in the waters along the Beara and Sheep’s Head peninsulas. 753 hectares (1860 acres) of pristine kelp forests have been earmarked for mechanical harvest this year in Bantry Bay, but locals Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]27th October 2016 [/cs_text][cs_text]When asked to picture a farm people mostly paint the same picture- cattle, sheep, chickens and crops. However unusual farms exist all over the world- there are moose Read more…
June 3rd, 2016 Discussions about environmental conservation typically center around issues like biodiversity loss, soil degradation or deforestation as a result of human activity. Much less frequently heard about, but no less important, is the world under the sea, where many invaluable ecosystems and ecological services occur in relative obscurity. Irish Read more…
Harvesting seaweed and the selling of rights to harvest it has become an issue in Ireland in recent years. In 2014 the right to harvest seaweed on the west coast was sold by an Irish seaweed company to a Canadian multinational. The impact of seaweed harvesting and the concerns and challenges Read more…
