Galway Bay fm newsroom - Marine Harvest Ireland - the largest salmon farming concern in the country - has signed off on a new arrangement with a Connemara based aquaculture company.
The new salmon farm venture will be based on Bertraghboy Bay in the Carna area.
This is a significant development in salmon farming in Connemara.
Marine Harvest Ireland has its main base in Norway. The company has its Irish headquarters in Donegal and employs almost 300 people along the Atlantic coastline.
Marine Harvest was previously in production for over two years in Cill Chiaráin Bay and it has now linked with the Mannin Bay Salmon company in Connemara on the neighbouring Bertraghboy Bay.
The present deal will continue for appromiately 5 years and the operations on Bertraghboy Bay will be managed by Marine Harvest Ireland with Mannin Bay Salmon company sharing in the arrangement.
Marine Harvest Ireland produces 10,000 tonnes of salmon per year in Ireland.
Over a half million smolts will be put to sea on the Bertraghboy Bay in the first part of the 5 year programme.
Eight people will be employed directly on the Bay with further employment benefits coming in the processing sector, locally.
