Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
998. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or an agency under its remit including the Marine Institute contacted Inland Fisheries Ireland to request either the scales or carcasses of the farmed salmon stock recovered from the Delphi, Erriff, Kylemore-Dawros, Newport and Bunowen catchments in August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25458/18]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, during 2017 my Department noted media reports of salmon being found in rivers on the western seaboard which may have been from farmed stock. My Department advised Inland Fisheries Ireland that where anglers or officers of Inland Fisheries Ireland suspected that they had collected salmon from farmed stock that the fish should be sent to the Marine Institute for analysis, with a view to determining whether they were in fact from farmed stock.
This information was communicated directly by my Department to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in writing on 2 October 2017. The specific Marine Institute address to which the fish should be sent was also provided to IFI in this communication.
