Noel Grealish
Question:817. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of marine salmon farm licences and land-based hatcheries; the number of salmon and-or biomass permitted for each; the system in place to check for overstocking as has taken place in the past; the regulation in place to deal with overstocking; the fish farm operators that had penalties imposed; the number of salmon farm licences that have been cancelled in the past ten years; the action he has taken to ensure that all equipment has been removed; the timeframe within which this should happen; if his Department holds bonds from fish farm operators to cover the costs of removing obsolete equipment in the event of an operator no longer being in a position to operate its licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/18]
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