# marine biodiversity

Last year

2022

UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement

After 15 years, negotiators have yet to reach a legally binding text to address the multitude of issues facing international waters.

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Aug 27th 2022, 10:20 AM

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# Troubled Waters

Lice, infectious disease and taking reef fish: The impact of salmon farms on marine biodiversity

Noteworthy investigation reveals concerns over State monitoring of potential environmental impacts of salmon farms from sea lice, disease and farm escapes.

State holds limited details on disease outbreaks and mortality rates at salmon farms, reports Niall Sargent of Noteworthy, our investigative platform

Little regulation of wild wrasse fishing for use as cleaner fish on farms despite potential marine impacts

Experts warn Ireland lacks baseline data to effectively monitor for salmon farm escapes

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Jun 26th 2021, 9:15 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

State issues licences to salmon farms to cull protected seals, documents reveal

A report by

Niall Sargent

Noteworthy investigation shows that at least two grey seals and three common seals were killed after licences were issued.

Since 2015, the NPWS granted 11 licences to farms to shoot small numbers of the protected species, reports Niall Sargent in the first part of Noteworthy's investigation into the salmon industry

Conservation groups have expressed shock at the decision and a lack of scientific evidence behind culling

The NPWS does not generally carry out site visits to monitor cull events due to 'resourcing issues'

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Jun 25th 2021, 12:05 AM