STEWART Graham, managing director of Gael Force Group and co-chair of the Aquaculture Industry Leadership Group (AILG), said: ‘My personal view of this report is that there is much in it to welcome and worthy of further that is already being done by the industry.

improved, and lessons should be learned from allowing such someone who has a self-declared ways have a risk of devaluing such a piece of work, whether through perceived or real shortcomings due to bias.

‘I do welcome, though, the fact that it is at last published, as it has caused unnecessary uncertainty and no doubt slowed down industry progress and investment plans. Certainly, we have had to the report was published.

‘The report itself, however, does not fully recognise the huge eco land through our industry, and it does not recognise that as a form to most other forms of protein

‘Neither does the report recognise that, for all human and environmental impact. In the case output, in terms of super healthy protein and unmatched sustainable rural economic growth, for very small environmental impact.

‘Also, much of the report does not recognise that looking at challenges, rather skews the performance of the industry which, for example, this year has thus health performance.

that there is likely to be a range of of wild salmon stocks (not least, the catching and killing of them),

‘That said, I- and I guess many in the industry- would agree with much of what the report recommends. The ability to sites that are deemed capable of the industry.

‘In general, I fully support openness and transparency; however, challenge will need to be policed and taken cognisance of in policy