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Wed 07 Jul 2008IFA claims licence delays are harming aquaculture
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY organisations have claimed that €100 million in promised investment in aquaculture is being jeopardised by Government inaction.
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) aquaculture section says a backlog of some 280 licence applications must be addressed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries if an industry employing more than 2,000 people in coastal areas is to have a future.
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