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High Court grants orders quashing both the aquaculture license and the foreshore license relating to a proposed salmon farm, on the grounds, inter alia, that: there were inadequacies in the appropriate assessment regarding the potential impact of seal scarers on seals within a special area of conservation; the Environmental Impact Assessment was insufficient concerning the risks of salmon escape from the farm; and there was a lack of adequate reasoning for the conclusion that the farm would not lead to a breach of Water Framework Directive limits for dissolved inorganic nitrogen, with the court specifically criticising the reliance on "typical" data in the worst-case scenario analysis.
Aquaculture License - Foreshore License - Bantry Bay - salmon farm - Appropriate Assessment (AA) - Special Area of Conservation (SAC) - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - salmon escape - Water Framework Directive (WFD) - Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (DIN) - Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB) - Minister for Agriculture - Fisheries and Food - judicial review - remittal - environmental impact.
(Original judgment is 543 pages long.)
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