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NEWS ���MISSED OPPORTUNITY��� ���The draft decision released today by: the EPA���s Board of Inquiry represents a missed opportunity for Marlborough, Nelson, New Zealand and the company,��� says Grant Rosewarne, New Zealand King Salmon CEO. ���All could have bene���ted so much more had we been granted additional space.��� Rosewarne says the company believes commerce and conservation can live together and that the Sounds can easily support what the company had planned. ���But too often in New Zealand commerce is pitted against conservation in an adversarial way that prevents regions achieving bene���ts from their natural advantages. As a nation we must ���nd a way to view development as not being contrary to environmental objectives. New Zealand depends on sustainable primary production to support a standard of living and a way of life we all enjoy. Australia has recently granted almost 200 percent more space for salmon farming than we have received, at about one ���fth of our cost. How does New Zealand industry compete with these realities? We have missed an opportunity to bring more than 370 new jobs to the top of the South and support local businesses across a wide range of categories. We acknowledge the community���s voice during the process, (but���) businesses that support the local community, the health of the nation and economic growth need to be fostered and celebrated.��� FISH FARMS: ���JUST THE TIP��� Troms County Council, one of Norway���s two northern-most counties, has commissioned a report on the aquaculture industry from the Norwegian food research institute No���ma. The report found that ���sh farms are just the tip of the aquaculture industry. Aquaculture accounts for more than ten percent of total employment in Troms and that companies supplying services to the aquaculture industry there are responsible for an increasing amount of employment. The report found that a medium-sized marine ���sh farm produces similar levels of protein as the entire agriculture industry in Troms and Finnmark combined, or around 5000 tonnes. But the most remarkable ���nding was a ���urry of activity surrounding the industry���s supply chains. According to the report, several key tasks that used to be handled by ���sh farms are now being carried out by suppliers; from net cage maintenance to mooring and installation services, diving services, and feed and ���sh collection and delivery. It also found high levels of aquaculture-related employment in municipalities where there was little or no aquaculture production, with people employed there in the production of ���sh feed, ���sh boxes, and transport of ���sh feed. ���This means that more of the employment is being transferred from the primary value chain to the suppliers,��� says No���ma. In addition, new specialist services are springing up related to ���sh health, monitoring, reporting, environmental analyses, certi���cation and site classi���cation, and the shipbuilding industry which views aquaculture as a new market. TAUPO AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITIES The University of Waikato���s research into potential freshwater aquaculture opportunities in the wider Bay of Plenty and Taupo, has 4 ��� NZ AQUACULTURE ��� identi���ed rainbow trout as the species that would offer the highest economic development bene���t and competitive advantage for the region. Eight stakeholders, including the Bay of Connections Regional Aquaculture Organisation, members of industry, and investors, commissioned the report entitled ���Freshwater Aquaculture Opportunities in the Bay of Plenty Region���, to investigate potential opportunities and obstacles for different aquaculture developments in the region. It explores potential pro���table freshwater aquaculture opportunities, as well as any current or future barriers to aquaculture development. It identi���es ���ve potential freshwater species for aquaculture development in the Taupo region: trout, eel, algae, koura and carp. Other species such as salmon, red ���n perch, grey mullet, kahikahi and whitebait were also investigated are not considered viable at this stage due to a range of factors, such as water temperature, low value product, inability to compete on a world market, and high operating costs and associated risks. Rainbow trout was identi���ed as the highest value opportunity due to its high local and world market value, moderate capital and operating costs and a high cost bene���t. Chairman of the Bay of Connections Regional Aquaculture Organisation Graeme Coates, says, ���The presence and success of existing trout farming operations for the replenishment of local ���sheries demonstrates that the knowledge already exists and that the level of technology required is easily accessible.��� Current legislation prohibits the commercialisation of trout, but Coates says the traditional arguments against trout farming are the same as those promoted by opponents to the commercialisation of the salmon ���shery in the 1970s ��� concerns which have never manifested with the development of the current industry. MARCH/APRIL 2013 ���History has proven that the original concerns have not become reality, and the wild/ sport salmon ���shery and associated industry has not been harmed by these developments.��� QUEENSLAND AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITIES 26 sites within nine aquaculture precincts are now available for marine aquaculture in Queensland within the Great Sandy Marine Park near Hervey Bay. The sites total 8500ha and are possibly one of the largest single offers in Australia for aquaculture opportunities. They allow for rack, line, or ranching methods of aquaculture. Different sites are suitable for farming of different species, including pearl oysters, edible oysters, scallops, sea cucumbers, clams or cockles. Fisheries Queensland manager Kerrod Beattie said there were a number of reasons to invest in Queensland aquaculture. ���Queensland has an excellent reputation for high-quality seafood, pristine water quality, and is also free from many of the serious diseases that impact aquaculture in other countries,��� he said. ���Our proximity to major seafood markets in the Asia-Paci���c region is also good news for aquaculture businesses. Fisheries Queensland has also been successful in securing accreditations from the Australian Government and the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection for this offering.��� Successful applicants will not need to seek additional approvals from these agencies to undertake aquaculture. INFECTIOUS SALMON ANAEMIA CONFIRMED The Canadian Food Inspection Agency con���rmed on December 17, 2012 that an Infectious Salmon Anaemia virus was discovered at a commercial aquaculture site in the Coast of Bays. Dr Daryl Whelan, Director of Aquatic Animal Health with the provincial Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, said that analysis conducted to date did not point to this new case of ISA being related to the ���rst presence of the virus in the CoB last summer. He said that the virus is a normal risk associated with ���sh farming. ���The isolates or samples we took and tested are actually different form the earlier virus this past summer.��� Dr Whelan said that while ISA poses no risk for humans, it could be harmful to ���sh. ���There is one type of ISA that doesn���t pose any problems to ���sh. However, we know of jurisdictions where they have 17 different types of ISA and some cases are more harmful than others.��� The Agency will order the 300,000 to 350,000 salmon from the affected four cages to be humanely destroyed and disposed of. Pens, cages and equipment will be cleaned and disinfected.

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