Cork Council Fears Controversial Kinsale Mussel Farm Could Lead to a Bad Whiff at Popular Beach
Cork County Council has joined almost 150 individuals and groups in appealing the decision to grant an aquaculture licence for a mussel farm in Kinsale harbour. The proposed development has sparked intense opposition in the West Cork town famed for its sailing and watersport activities.
On May 30, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon granted an aquaculture licence to Woodstown Bay Shellfish Limited for bottom-culture mussel farming on a 23-hectare site in Kinsale Harbour between...
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