‘Disrespect’: Fish Farm Trial in Bass Strait Blasted
Fish farming infrastructure is set to be installed 12 km off the coast of Burnie on Monday, in a move slammed as “disrespect” by independent member for Braddon Craig Garland.
The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre sent out an advisory to mariners on Friday, saying they will be installing “marine aquaculture infrastructure for the purposes of a research project” in the Bass Strait.
The trial is slated to run for an initial eight month period commencing on May 12.
Independent member for Braddon Craig Garland slammed the move saying the community were...
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