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EU To Reopen Salmon And Sea Lice Investigation
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Monday November 25, 2013 18:50 by foie
Press Release - 25th November - FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT The European Commission is to reopen the EU investigation into salmon and sea lice closed in September of 2012. The investigation was prompted by submissions from Salmon Watch Ireland and the Friends of the Irish Environment to the Commission in 2009. The Irish Ombudsman announced a preliminary enquiry into the Department of Agriculture’s handling of the investigation in October. It recently announced an extension of their investigations to include the Department of Foreign Affairs, who coordinate Irish responses to the Commission. |
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Jump To Comment: 1This story is a classic illustration of how moneyed interests and corporate power have effectively taken over our institutions, in this case the Dept of Agriculture and how they shutdown anything that might limit the spread of sea-farming in Ireland.
Sea-farming is probably one of the most damaging and unnatural forms of farming and it is destroying our fisheries and has done the same and worse in Scotland and Norway.
We should also note how on a recent prime-time programme a few weeks back on RTE where they were discussing industrial agriculture and organic farming that the head professor of the faculty of agriculture had the brass neck to come on prime time and say there was no scientific evidence that organic is better which was disingenuous at best. And as someone pointed out in the audience that the Dept of Agriculture has gone out of its way not to support organic in any way in Ireland. Again an illustration of the firm grip that corporate industrial agriculture has on the reins of power.