Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 June 2015
103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the scientific and legal definition of offshore applied by him to the scale limits for salmon farms, as set out in the national strategy plan for sustainable aquaculture development. [25450/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has been advised by the Marine Institute that offshore aquaculture as referred to in the National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development is considered to mean the execution of activities in sites that are subject to ocean conditions, with significant exposure to wind and wave action. This includes fully open ocean sites and sites that, although close to the open ocean, and subject to ocean waves, benefit from some shelter provided by local topographical features (e.g. headlands and islands).
