T09/522A Public Consultation on an Aquaculture Licence and Foreshore Licence Application and Invitation for Public Submissions or Observations on Appropriate Assessment

Applicant Name

Josie King

Address

Derrygimla, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway

Josie King has applied for an Aquaculture Licence to cultivate Pacific Oysters using Bags and Trestles and a Foreshore Licence for the areas of foreshore to be used for these aquaculture activities.

Location

On the southern shore of Mannin Creek in an inlet just north of Ardillaun Island, Co. Galway.

A copy of all relevant documents are available for inspection, free of charge for 30 calendar days, between dates 24 November 2023 and 23 December 2023, at the following locations:

Clifden Garda Station,

Open 24 hours

Commencement Date:

24 November 2023

Closing Date:

23 December 2023

The documentation and information are also available on the Department’s website at: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/a62d9-aquacultureforeshore-licence-applications-galway/#mannin-bay-2023

Members of the public who wish to make a public submission or observation in writing concerning the Appropriate Assessment or the Aquaculture and Foreshore Applications may do so within 30 days between 24 November 2023 and 23 December 2023. All public submissions or observations (quoting T09/522A) can be addressed to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Aquaculture and Foreshore Management Division, National Seafood Centre, Clogheen, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, P85 TX47 apc@agriculture.gov.ie.

All public submissions or observations will be published on the Department’s website.

Submissions or observations received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.

All submissions or observations submitted to the Department for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007-2014. Submissions or observations are also subject to Data Protection legislation.

Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission or observation, and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission or observation is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.