Thursday, December 15, 2011

Calls to reject fish farm proposals in Tasmania

Proposals put forward by Tassal, Petuna and Huon aquaculture would increase the farmed area to 3.3 percent of the harbour's 260 square kilometers. Environment Tasmania and the Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance said yesterday the plan should be opposed because scientific data was lacking an environmental impact study. Environment Tasmania Marine Co-ordinator Rebecca Hubbard said recent changes to the law were introduced to force the plan through.

"We don't trust the process, in that recently Minister Green dis-empowered the expert review panel and took away their capacity to refuse such an expansion proposal," Ms Hubbard said. "We have grave concerns that any decision will not be based on the science and the evidence and this is going to become a political football." Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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