Kush Seafarms is Ireland s leading producer of organic shellfish. This family-run company in Kenmare Bay in the country s picturesque south-west started as a pastime in the early 1980s.
Two local teachers, John Harrington and his brother decided to try a curious new project mussel farming. They now produce about a thousand tons of rope mussels. This area is unique. It s chiselled out valleys from the time of the Ice Age, so you wind up with very deep water sheltered by mountains behind, which is ideal for suspended culture, explains managing director of Kush Seafarms, John Harrington.
The shellfish grow on ropes at a protected natural area, in crystal-clear waters rich in phytoplankton.
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Environmentally Sustainable Practices of Irish Aquaculture Focus of Documentary to Air in December
11th December 2020
Environmentally sustainable practices of Irish aquaculture focus of documentary to air in December
The sustainable practices of the Irish aquaculture industry will form the focus of a Euronews documentary being broadcast later this month. Richard Donnelly, Salmon and Shellfish Manager, BIM and John Harrington, Kush Shellfish were interviewed as part of the documentary to tell the story of Irish organic mussels.
Aquaculture production was valued at €172million to the Irish economy last year according to the 2019 BIM Business of Seafood report. Irish organic salmon remained the top value export at €110million while farmed shellfish accounted for €60million of the total value.