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Delphi Lodge, a historic estate committed to environmental stewardship and sustainable tourism, is calling for immediate action and stricter regulations on salmon farming following the recent escape of 38,000 farmed salmon from a MOWI-operated salmon cage in Killary Harbour. This incident, which occurred on August 11, highlights the urgent need for enhanced regulations to protect Ireland’s wild fish populations and the ecosystems they support.

Following reports of a number of escaped farmed salmon entering local rivers flowing into Killary Harbour, local activist groups have labelled the event as an 'environmental disaster', which could have extensive repercussions.

The Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages (GBASC) group says it is very concerned about a new emerging bacterial disease called salmonid rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) also known as Piscirickettsiosis which is causing huge mortalities on Irish salmon farms, including in the west.

Inland Fisheries Ireland, the State agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats, is investigating farmed salmon recovered from the Connemara Fishery.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has recently received reports that small numbers of individual fresh-run wild salmon have been encountered in the River Deel, in the Moy Catchment in Mayo, displaying signs of red skin disease (RSD).

Inland Fisheries Ireland can confirmed this week that 65 farmed salmon were caught in rivers in Mayo and Galway, the affected rivers are the Delphi, Erriff, Kylemore/Dawros, Newport and Bunowen. Inland Fisheries Ireland has been monitoring the situation since August.