Tassal’s Okehampton Bay Aquaculture Site Approved by Independent Environment Protect Authority
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Amanda Buckle August 23, 2017
Tasmania’s independent Environment Protect Authority (EPA) has approved Tassal’s Okehampton Bay aquaculture site, according to Minister for Primary Industries and Water Jeremy Rockliff.
Tassal’s Okehampton salmon farm features 28 salmon cages over 80 hectares (or 197 acres) and will generate over 250 jobs for the area. Once at full capacity, Tassal expects that their Okehampton location will put more than $80 million into the Tasmania economy.
According to a press release from Rockliff ...
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