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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

...are now at €6.2 billion. The global ocean economy is composed of a diverse set of activities, which we have grouped into six categories. The first is bioresources and food, which includes sea fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing; energy, which includes offshore oil and gas exploration and production, marine renewables, offshore - wind, wave and tidal; tourism, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: ...so far? With regard to the backdrop of Brexit over the past year or two, the threat has mitigated somewhat but what impact has it had on the work of the Department? I want to focus on aquaculture and the significant frustration among people in the sector regarding the capacity to develop and expand it. What is the position in that regard? What is the Department's perspective on it?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Dr. Cecil Beamish: There is a variety of issues. The issue with aquaculture is that the European Court of Justice ruled against Ireland. Most aquaculture takes place in Natura 2000 sites and Ireland had a broad negative judgment against it regarding licensed activities in Natura 2000 sites that covered aquaculture. The challenge was that no future licences could issue until a mechanism...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

...licence applications have between 2,000 and 3,000 objectors, which have to be worked through independently and assessed. It depends on the inputs during the licensing process. By and large, the aquaculture backlog is moving towards total resolution and will be resolved for all shellfish operators by the end of this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Given that, what does Dr. Beamish expect in terms of the potential for the development of the aquaculture sector in coming times? Is it fair to say that, as a result of the backlog, its development has not happened as it could have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Dr. Cecil Beamish: It could not have happened without going through the process because European law determined what needed to be done and there was no option to do it in any other way. Aquaculture is an evolving thing and we have only been engaged in it for a couple of generations, compared with farming in which we have been engaged for 2,500 years. It is rapidly evolving globally, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Dr. Cecil Beamish: The strategic plan for sustainable aquaculture development set a target of a twofold increase in production by 2023. Oyster farming has been growing quite well and there has been significant investment in it, while mussel farming has been quite static. Salmon farming has gone up and down and has been hit quite hard by various climatic and disease challenges over the past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: How is the target of a twofold increase in aquaculture by 2023 looking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Dr. Cecil Beamish: In 2009, turnover from marine aquaculture was €100 million. In 2017, it was over €200 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: Is that aquaculture in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Dr. Cecil Beamish: Marine aquaculture. That is the overall picture. The issue on salmon farming is more complex. It is not that we have a whole host of new licence applications waiting to be determined. It is a matter for the industry, which is a private industry, to make new applications. There are two applications awaiting decision, so it is not that there is a large volume of people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have a question about the economic impact of Brexit, especially in the context of the landbridge, aquaculture and the problems that might present. The report explains the matters related to the bands of less than 20 hours, up to 40 hours and 60 hours, with the impact they will have on the small shellfish exporter in Ballina. I also want to ask about the assessment of whether there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

.... It can be selective in terms of the species and the conditions in which they are grown to have a higher quality product. Seaweed farming is an emerging sector, along with multi-trophic aquaculture where there are some aquaculture species growing side by side with seaweed farming so benefits can be had from both. A big part of the future is emerging there. So far, the environmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

...energy. Obviously, that allows for consistency of approach in these elements. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government will give consent in respect of the other aspects, but aquaculture is not covered. Responsibility for it remains with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The other aspect is strategic marine activity zones. The idea is we can zone areas...