Minister Rockliff has announced he plans to regulate where salmon farm expansions can occur in the future, and it will "most likely be in oceanic waters".
The Tassal CEO yesterday publicly told Tasmanians that Tassal's operations in Macquarie Harbour had polluted the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
It's no surprise the Minister's hand-picked panel have agreed with Minister Rockliff and recommended approving Tassal's operations at Okehampton Bay.
The IMAS report reveals Macquarie Harbour in a state of environmental collapse, with seriously low oxygen levels.
The Environment Protection Authority has lowered the maximum concentration of farmed fish in Macquarie Harbour down to 14,000 tonnes per hectare.
The World Heritage Committee expressly requested State and Federal governments protect the unique wilderness value of the TWWHA.
The EPA's plan to reduce the number of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour by a third is a desperate attempt to save the basin from total collapse.
It's very clear that ARTEC, a significant player in the timber industry in Tasmania, does not support the government's plan.
The government still refuses to do what's needed to protect future jobs in the salmon farming industry.
The government's plan to upgrade the Wielangta Forest Drive and extend the Great Eastern Drive offers real tourism potential for the East Coast.
