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Australia
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Source:
ABC
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Tuna farms to go to
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Tuna farms to go to
deeper waters - Cathy Parker
The tuna industry hopes a plan, which will result in
tuna farms being moved further out to sea, will receive
public approval. The Primary Industries Department has
released the proposed Aquaculture Management Plan for
the Lower Eyre Peninsula and is asking the public for
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The plan includes a new marine finfish aquaculture zone
in deeper waters, and a combining of the three policy
areas into one regional one.
Brian Jeffriess, the President of the Tuna Boat Owners
Association says the plan contains many positives for
the industry. "Regional planning like this is the only
way to address the concerns and opportunities in
Aquaculture. The plan sets aside a new zone, much
further away from Port Lincoln and the current farms,
and that actually could provide some logistics
difficulties and possibly greater exposure to weather,
but generally it'll be very positive for the industry.
In a few years you may
have to go out to feed in the morning and return the
next night...if we get much further out that's probably
what the industry will head towards. But all the time
it's better and better water."
Submissions on the proposed plan close mid September.
Brian Jeffriess:
President, Tuna Boat Owners Association
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