The Irish arm of the world’s largest farmed salmon producer has applied for an Aquaculture/Foreshore Licence for a proposed facility at Deenish Island in Co Kerry.

Silver King Seafoods Ltd, which is wholly owned by Mowi Ireland, is seeking to farm salmon at a site on the foreshore east of the island, between Ballinskelligs Bay and Kenmare Bay.

In its application, the company plans for a total of 15 Aqualine pens of 126m circumference at the site in a 5x3 grid arrangement, with a total capacity of well over 250,000 sqm.

The Natura Impact Statement asserts that the proposed fish farm “will not pose a risk of adversely affecting (either directly or indirectly) the integrity of SACs or SPAs” (Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas) in the immediate area.

Further details of the application can be found on Gov.ie HERE.