Fishy Review Even More Stinky
Minister Rockliff’s self-proclaimed status as a tough and impartial regulator of the salmon farming industry has been dealt a final body blow.
Minister Rockliff’s self-proclaimed status as a tough and impartial regulator of the salmon farming industry has been dealt a final body blow.
The Minister has requested an independent assessment by the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel of the 20-year-old lease at Okehampton Bay.
Tassal’s statement that they will go full-steam ahead with their expansion into Okehampton Bay confirms the worst of the East Coast community’s concerns.
Today, Minister Rockliff refused to commit to a formal independent assessment of the social impacts of new fish farm leases on the east coast.
This summer saw a marine heatwave that ran for more than 140 days with temperatures 4.5 degrees warmer than average.
People in Orford are rightly outraged at the lack of communication and respect for the community to not have an open and transparent conversation about it.
The fin-fish farming expansion by Tassal into the east coast marine environment has caused enormous community concern.