10,000 signatures reached
To: Minister Darragh O'Brien
Stop large corporations harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
These application have been submitted to your department, you have the power to stop this.
Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, and Bioatlantis Ltd have put in applications to harvest huge amounts of wrack from swathes of the west coast. Maps are available here.
Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, and Bioatlantis Ltd have put in applications to harvest huge amounts of wrack from swathes of the west coast. Maps are available here.
Handing over seaweed rights to large corporations would leave communities with no input into how their land and environment was being treated. Seaweed forests are crucial for protecting communities and homes against coastal erosion, providing the bedrock of the food chains, being a nursery for fish populations, while also being a rich part of the heritage and folklore along the west coast.
We don't want our coastlines to be scraped clean of seaweed just so massive corporations can make profits.
We don't want our coastlines to be scraped clean of seaweed just so massive corporations can make profits.
**Update 12-02-26**
There are still applications in to harvest seaweed from the coasts of Mayo, Galway and Kerry. One large application has been withdrawn; this is a great first step but we want no corporations being granted the rights to harvest seaweed along our coast.
That means that we need to continue to sign and share the petition and make sure the minister knows that the west is against corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting rights.
**Update 11-02-26**
The information available on gov.ie is apparently inaccurate. According to the department where this application is lodged (and still live) and they are saying that they don't deal with any applications. That they are dealt with by MARA. This is unacceptable as people up and down the West coast are taking the departments publications in good faith and are finding it impossible to get clear, easily accessible information.
Questions still remain as to the scale of the harvesting and the underlying issue that our precious resource is under threat from being harvested by a large corporation. The fact of the matter remains the same: we don't want the coastline stripped of seaweed and we don't want a corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting rights.
The Fight Continues!
There are still applications in to harvest seaweed from the coasts of Mayo, Galway and Kerry. One large application has been withdrawn; this is a great first step but we want no corporations being granted the rights to harvest seaweed along our coast.
That means that we need to continue to sign and share the petition and make sure the minister knows that the west is against corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting rights.
**Update 11-02-26**
The information available on gov.ie is apparently inaccurate. According to the department where this application is lodged (and still live) and they are saying that they don't deal with any applications. That they are dealt with by MARA. This is unacceptable as people up and down the West coast are taking the departments publications in good faith and are finding it impossible to get clear, easily accessible information.
Questions still remain as to the scale of the harvesting and the underlying issue that our precious resource is under threat from being harvested by a large corporation. The fact of the matter remains the same: we don't want the coastline stripped of seaweed and we don't want a corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting rights.
The Fight Continues!
Why is this important?
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights given away to corporations.