File of research material and correspondence relating to fish farming.
Folder 1/3: Copy article 'An Introduction to the Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna', John P Mercier, (1977).
Correspondents include Jim Higgins;
L McGriskin, General Manager of Bradán Mara Teo enclosing an OS map with the hatchery and road route marked out;
Photocopy of documents relating to application for permission to moor cages on an area of foreshore at Murvey Rocks, Bertraghboy Bay, drawings of proposed works and maps (Oct 1988);
A draft of the case opposing Murvey Rock fish farm prepared for Roundstone Group, (Feb 1989) and information sheet entitled 'Salmon Cages in Roundstone: A Threat to the Environment';
Progress report prepared by the Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup;
Report prepared by Bord Fáilte 'The Tourism Industry and Aquaculture Report', (Jan 1991);
Reports on visiting angler statistics and the visual impact of fish farming;
Report prepared by Údarás na Gaeltachta on Salmon Farming, marked 'draft', undated. Undated handwritten notes on aquaculture.
Folder 2/3, Correspondents include Minister of the Marine - Brendan Daly; Desmond O'Malley TD; Paddy Fay, Private Secretary to John P Wilson TD; Gerry Rice, Private Secretary to Padraig Flynn TD; Máire Geoghegan-Quinn TD; the office of the Taoiseach Charles J Haughey TD; Robert Molloy TD, Séamus Laffan on behalf of the Roundstone Environmental Awareness Group; North Connacht Farmers' Co-operative Society; Michael Falvey, Aquaculture Section of the Department of the Marine enclosing a copy of parliamentary questions from 8 March 1989; Connemara Fishfarm Watchgroup; letter from the Green Party ahead of the European Elections in 1989;
Copy poster - Oppose the Murvey Rock Salmon Farm.
Research material and circulars:
'Salmon Cages in Roundstone, a threat to the environment';
'Effect of Neguvon and Nuvan Treatment on Crabs, Lobster and Blue Mussel' by E Egidius and B Moster (1987);
'The reduction of the impact of fish farming on the natural marine environment' - a report prepared for the nature conservancy council by the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling (1988);
Report of the working group on environmental impact to the aquaculture development group - looks at Enrichment of sediment and water bodies, use of chemicals, antibiotics and antifoulants, monitoring, intercalibration and data processing, and site management and guidelines for water quality (Mar 1988);
'Aquaculture, amenity and conservation, a response by An Taisce to the Environmental Issues and Conflicts raised by the development of the marine and fresh water aquaculture industry', April 1988. Includes an attachment on aquaculture from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board, Bórd Iascaigh Mhara;
Press release from the Marine Conservation Society, incorporating the coastal anti-pollution league 'Deadly pesticide threat to Scottish Seas';
Minutes of the Irish Aquaculture Association Aquaculture Development Group, 9 December 1988 - covered an Irish salmon breeding programme to reduce reliance on Norway's egg supply, quality control for farmed mussels, EC draft regulations on live bivalve molluscs, environmental impact and monitoring on salmon farms, environmental impact of sea lice treatments and alternative remedies;
'Controlling Nature's Predators on Fish Farms' a report by Alison Ross for the Marine Conservation Society, Ross-on-wye, England, dated 1988;
'The use of Nuvan 500EC in the Salmon Farming Industry' by Alison Ross and Paul V Horsman, for the Marine Conservation Society. The report focuses on the fish farming industry in Scotland, and looks at Nuvan 500EC, which is a pesticide to control sea lice in salmon farming. The limited data available indicates it is highly toxic;
A handwritten graph written by Colm Duggan of the Department of Marine in 1988, looking at the effects of Nuvan on limets, mysides, native oysters, clams and mussels.
Press cuttings from 16 April 1987 to 8 April 2009, from various specialised magazines, Connacht Tribune, Irish Times. Reporting on Nuvan, sea lice, and fish farming issues.
Folder 3/3 Ephemeral material relating to Connemara Sea Week 16-23 October 1988. Programme of events, notification of a Connemara Wildlife Conference, a catalogue of art works on display in an exhibition at Connemara National Park, and a poster for the Fisherman's Ball on 22 October. File of press cuttings dating from 3 September 1982 to 2008 on plans to develop fish farming off the coast of connemara. Cuttings from Connacht Tribune, Sunday Tribune, Irish Times, Anois, MaGill, Sherkin Comment, Aquaculture Ireland, and includes opinion pieces, letters to the editor, editorials, reports on funding.
