Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15, No. 88–24 March 2015, p. 2371.

Chapter 2 - Overview of the fin-fish aquaculture industry in Tasmania

[1]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 33, pp 1–2.

[2]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 33, p. 2.

[3]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 3.

[4]        Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Submission 19, p. 2.

[5]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 3.

[6]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 4.

[7]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 4.

[8]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 5.

[9]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 17.

[10]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 5.

[11]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 17–18.

[12]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 17.

[13]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 8.

[14]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 5.

[15]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 5.

[16]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 13.

[17]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 14.

[18]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 14.

[19]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 18.

[20]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 2.

[21]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 46.

[22]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 2.

[23]      See Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 7 for details of funding arrangements.

[24]      Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, p. 4.

[25]      Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, p. 1; see also Annex 1.

[26]      Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, pp 4–5.

[27]      Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, p. 5.

[28]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 26.

[29]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 19.

[30]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 2.

[31]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 2.

[32]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 3.

[33]      University of Tasmania, 'Good progress on $6.5m Taroona aquaculture facility', 25 February 2015 http://www.utas.edu.au/latest-news/utas-homepage-news/good-progress-on-$6.5m-taroona-aquaculture-facility (accessed 28 July 2015).

[34]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 37.

[35]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 31.

[36]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 33.

[37]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 32.

[38]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Answers to questions on notice, No. 4.

[39]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 27.

[40]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 32.

[41]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, pp 28–29.

[42]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, Appendix 4, pp 47–48.

[43]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 31.

[44]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 11.

[45]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, pp 20, 31.

[46]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 32.

[47]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 59–60.

[48]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 1.

[49]      Mr Dean Lisson, Chief Executive, Abalone Council Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, pp 18–20.

[50]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 13.

[51]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 14.

[52]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 48.

[53]      Kingborough Council, Submission 1, p. 1.

[54]      Mr Gary Arnold, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 13, 15.

[55]      Mr Gary Arnold, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 15.

[56]      Mr Gary Arnold, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 16.

[57]      Councillor Rosalie Woodruff, Submission 37, p. 1.

[58]      Mr Chris Dockray, Chairman, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 27.

[59]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 6.

[60]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 37.

[61]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 50.

[62]      'Managing Marine Farming – Have We Achieved Best Practice?', March 2012.

[63]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 54.

Chapter 3 - Waterway health data

[1]        See for example, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 1.

[2]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 4–5.

[3]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 8–9; see also chapter 2.

[4]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 9.

[5]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 10.

[6]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 10.

[7]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 26–27; Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 2.

[8]        WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 7; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, pp 14–15.

[9]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 11.

[10]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 12.

[11]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 7.

[12]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, Appendix 1, p. 27; see also Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Your Marine Values: Public Report 2013, p. 83.

[13]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, Appendix 1, p. 27.

[14]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12.

[15]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 4.

[16]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 7.

[17]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, pp 4–5.

[18]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 5.

[19]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 4; see also Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 2; EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12.

[20]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 2.

[21]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 2.

[22]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 2.

[23]      See Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 5.

[24]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 3.

[25]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 2.

[26]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 5.

[27]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12; Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 5.

[28]      Hugh Kirkman, Review of Monitoring the Environmental Effects of Salmon Farming in Tasmania, September 2014.

[29]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 5.

[30]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12.

[31]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, pp 5–6.

[32]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12.

[33]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 3.

[34]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, pp 2–3; see also Mr Dean Lisson, Chief Executive, Tasmanian Abalone Council, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 18.

[35]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 19.

[36]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 2.

[37]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 27.

[38]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 8.

[39]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 5.

[40]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 13.

[41]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 4.

[42]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 13.

[43]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 15.

[44]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 8; see also Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 8–10.

[45]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, Appendix 1, p. 24.

[46]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 8.

[47]      The Aquafin CRC was established as a partnership between industry, government, IMAS and CSIRO.

[48]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 9.

[49]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 7.

[50]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 6.

[51]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 22.

[52]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 9.

[53]      Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, p. 2.

[54]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 10.

[55]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 10; Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 4; see also Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 17.

[56]      Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 3.

[57]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 3.

[58]      Dr Imogen Fullagar, Submission 38, p. 2; EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 10.

[59]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, pp 3–4.

[60]      Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 3.

[61]      Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 3.

[62]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 58.

[63]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 3.

[64]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 4.

[65]      WWF-Australia, Submission 13, p. 4.

[66]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 7.

[67]      J Ross & C Macleod, Evaluation of Broadscale Environmental Monitoring Program (BEMP) data from 2009–2012, IMAS, 2013 http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Ross---Macleod-BEMP-Data-Review-2009-2012-.pdf (accessed 5 August 2015).

[68]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 8.

[69]      See for example, Huon Aquaculture Sustainability Dashboard which provides monthly average dissolved oxygen readings for Hideaway Bay and Macquarie Harbour, http://dashboard.huonaqua.com.au/

[70]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 6.

[71]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 47.

[72]      Marine Solutions Tasmania, Submission 16, p. 5.

[73]      Mr Sean Riley, General Manager, Aquenal Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 22.

[74]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Head, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 41.

[75]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Head, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 40.

[76]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 24–27.

[77]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 12; see also Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 10; Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 4; Ms Christine Materia, President, Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 4.

[78]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 3.

[79]      Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 9.

[80]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 7.

[81]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 2.

[82]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, pp 5–6; see also Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 36.

[83]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 6.

[84]      Mr Sean Riley, General Manager, Aquenal Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 21.

[85]      Mr Sam Ibbott, Director, Marine Solutions, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 21.

[86]      Dr Neil Harstein, Project Manager, Aquadynamic Solutions, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 21.

[87]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Head, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 41.

[88]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Answer to question on notice, No. 2.

[89]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 28.

[90]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 8.

[91]      Mr Dean Lisson, Chief Executive, Tasmanian Abalone Council, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 12.

[92]      Professor Colin Buxton, Response to evidence from public hearing, 16 July 2015.

Chapter 4 - Impact of fin-fish aquaculture on waterway health

[1]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 16.

[2]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 14.

[3]        Mr Stephen Wass, Mayor, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 13.

[4]        Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 10.

[5]        Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 1.

[6]        Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 11.

[7]        Mr Dean Lisson, Chief Executive, Tasmanian Abalone Council, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 11.

[8]        Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 4.

[9]        See Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 18; Mr Geoffrey Swan, Submission 99; Mr Robert Dax, Submission 100.

[10]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 19.

[11]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 19.

[12]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, pp 14, 16; see also Dr Catriona Macleod, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 42.

[13]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 16.

[14]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 14.

[15]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 15.

[16]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 26–27.

[17]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 31.

[18]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 37.

[19]      Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Submission 19, p. 4.

[20]      Biofouling Solutions Pty Ltd, Submission 7, p. 1.

[21]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 17; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 7.

[22]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 17.

[23]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 11.

[24]      Mr Graeme Woods, Acting Manager, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 7.

[25]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 7.

[26]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 7.

[27]      See Mr David Abbott, Submission 42, p. 2; Mr Lance and Mrs Jen Hadaway, Submission 73, p. 2.

[28]      Biofouling Solutions Pty Ltd, Submission 7, p. 2.

[29]      Biofouling Solutions Pty Ltd, Submission 7, p. 4.

[30]      Dover Bay Mussels, Submission 41, p. 2.

[31]      Dover Bay Mussels, Submission 41, p. 14.

[32]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 5.

[33]      Mr Dean Lisson, Chief Executive, Tasmanian Abalone Council, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 13; see also Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 5.

[34]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 6.

[35]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, p. 14.

[36]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, pp 18–19.

[37]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 7.

[38]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 34; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 7.

[39]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 18.

[40]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submission, p. 7; see also Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 35.

[41]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 20.

[42]      Mr Graeme Woods, Acting Manager, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 7.

[43]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 40–41.

[44]      Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, Attachment 3.

[45]      C Buxton, Review of the Tasmanian Abalone Council Report on Risks to the Abalone Fishery from Further Expansion of the Salmonid Industry, July 2015.

[46]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 8.

[47]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 34.

[48]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 11.

[49]      E Oh et al, 'Broad-scale impacts of salmon farms on temperate macroalgal assemblages on rocky reefs', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015.

[50]      Environment Tasmania, Supplementary Submission 93, pp 2–3.

[51]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Supplementary Submission 33, p. 1.

[52]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 19.

[53]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 45; see also Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 8; Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 47.

[54]      Dr Catriona Macleod, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 45.

[55]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 18.

[56]      Mr Patrick Hone, Executive Director, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2015, pp 153–54.

[57]      Mr Patrick Hone, Executive Director, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 25 May 2015, p. 154.

[58]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 3.

[59]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 47.

[60]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 9.

[61]      Environment Protection Authority, Annual Report 2013–14, p. 35.

[62]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 15.

[63]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 15.

[64]      See Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, pp 18–19; Ms Miranda Howie, Submission 97, p. 3; Mr Geoffrey Swan, Submission 99; Mr Richard Dax, Submission 100, p. 1; Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 3.

[65]      Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 19.

[66]      Ms Vicki O'May, Submission 57, p. 1.

[67]      Huon Aquaculture, Response to submission from Mr Geoffrey Swan, p. 2.

[68]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 23.

[69]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 23; see also Mr Chris Dockray, Chairman, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 26.

[70]      EPBC Act, s. 178(1).

[71]      Department of the Environment, Listed threatened species and ecological communities, http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/what-is-protected/threatened-species-ecological-communities (accessed 24 July 2015)

[72]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 6.

[73]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[74]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 2.

[75]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 4.

[76]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 7.

[77]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 4; Mr Peter Schulze, Submission 89, p. 8; EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 9; Dr Elizabeth Smith, Submission 91, p. 11.

[78]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 9; see also Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, Attachment 2, p. 1.

[79]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[80]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 13.

[81]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 21; see also Dr Donald Ross, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 43.

[82]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 22.

[83]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[84]      Dr Donald Ross, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 43.

[85]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 4.

[86]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 22.

[87]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 8.

[88]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 4.

[89]      Tasmanian Scalefish Fisherman's Association, Submission 94, p. 1.

[90]      Tasmanian Scalefish Fisherman's Association, Submission 94, p. 2.

[91]      Tassal, Response to the Tasmanian Scalefish Fisherman's Association submission, p. 1.

[92]      Tassal, Response to the Tasmanian Scalefish Fisherman's Association submission, p. 1.

[93]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 8.

[94]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 6.

[95]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 8.

[96]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 22.

[97]      Huon Aquaculture, Sustainability Dashboard, http://dashboard.huonaqua.com.au/

[98]      Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 33.

[99]      Petuna, Creating a Sustainable Future in Aquaculture, p. 17 http://www.petuna.com.au/wp/wp-content/themes/petuna/img/Petuna-Sustainable-Living-Book-SML.pdf

[100]    Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Submission 19, p. 4.

[101]    Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Submission 8, p. 6.

[102]    Birdlife Tasmania, Submission 15, p. 6.

[103]    Birdlife Tasmania, Submission 15, p. 3.

[104]    Birdlife Tasmania, Submission 15, p. 7.

[105]    Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 34.

[106]    Ms Sarah Lowe, Submission 68, p. 2.

[107]    Tasmanian Abalone Council, Submission 74, Attachment 3, p. 10; Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 2.

[108]    Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 16.

[109]    Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 18.

[110]    Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 26 http://www.tassal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Tassal-Sustainability-Report-2014.pdf (accessed 24 July 2015)

[111]    Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 17.

[112]    Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 34.

[113]    Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 26 http://www.tassal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Tassal-Sustainability-Report-2014.pdf (accessed 24 July 2015).

[114]    Huon Aquaculture, 'Managing Marine Debris' https://www.huonaqua.com.au/sustainability/marine-environment/managing-marine-debris/

[115]    Huon Aquaculture, Sustainability Dashboard, http://dashboard.huonaqua.com.au/

[116]    BirdLife Tasmania, Submission 15, p. 3.

[117]    Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 21.

[118]    Tasmanian Regional NRM Organisations, Submission 3, p. 1.

[119]    Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 16.

[120]    Ms Sarah Lowe, Submission 68, p. 3.

[121]    Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 4.

Chapter 5 - Environmental planning and regulation of the fin-fish industry

[1]        Mr Chris Dockray, Chairman, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 27.

[2]        Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Submission 19, p. 5.

[3]        Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Submission 19, p. 5.

[4]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 25; see also Appendix 3, p. 46.

[5]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 30.

[6]        Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 52, 57.

[7]        Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 57.

[8]        EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 6.

[9]        Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 53.

[10]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 6.

[11]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 53; see also EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 6.

[12]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 53.

[13]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 48.

[14]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 48.

[15]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 2–3.

[16]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 2; see also Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 5.

[17]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 8.

[18]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 5.

[19]      Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 48.

[20]      Hobart Community Legal Service, 'Marine Farming', Tasmanian Law Handbook http://www.hobartlegal.org.au/tasmanian-law-handbook/community-and-environment/environment/industry-codes-practice/marine-farming (accessed 7 August 2015).

[21]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, pp 7–8; Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 1.

[22]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 2.

[23]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, pp 5–6.

[24]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 10; see also Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 10.

[25]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 8.

[26]      Mr Tony Thomas, Principal Management and Planning Officer, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 9.

[27]      MFP Act, s. 2.

[28]      MFP Act, s. 2(d).

[29]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 55.

[30]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 92, p. 3.

[31]      MFP Act, s. 4(1).

[32]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 3.

[33]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 4.

[34]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 4.

[35]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 53; see also EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 5.

[36]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 9.

[37]      Mr Jon Bryan, Marine Campaigner, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 2.

[38]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 5.

[39]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 5.

[40]      Kingborough Council, Submission 1, p. 1.

[41]      Mr Stephen Wass, Mayor, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 15.

[42]      Mr Gary Arnold, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 16.

[43]      Mr Gary Arnold, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 16.

[44]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 8.

[45]      Mr Tony Thomas, Principal Management and Planning Officer, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 9.

[46]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 11.

[47]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 11.

[48]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 54.

[49]      Ms Jessica Feehely, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 55.

[50]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 5.

[51]      Judicial Review Act 2000, s. 17, provides the grounds for review; see Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 24.

[52]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, pp 13–14.

[53]      Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Annual Report 2014, pp 11–15, 87, 154.

Chapter 6 - Interaction of state and federal laws and regulations

[1]        Department of the Environment, What is protected under the EPBC Act?, http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/what-is-protected (accessed 21 July 2015)

[2]        EPBC Act, s.75–77A.

[3]        Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 3.

[4]        Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 3.

[5]        Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 3.

[6]        Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 3.

[7]        Department of the Environment, 'Water Quality Improvement Plans' http://www.environment.gov.au/water/quality/improvement (accessed 10 August 2015).

[8]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 5.

[9]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 5.

[10]      Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 6.

[11]      Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 7.

[12]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 6.

[13]      Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Submission 35, p. 7.

[14]      C Norwood, 'Salmonid industry expansion approved', Fish, December 2012 http://frdc.com.au/knowledge/publications/fish/Documents/FISH%2020-4%20Salmonid%20industry%20expansion%20approved.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[15]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[16]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[17]      Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 1.

[18]      Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 2.

[19]      Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 2.

[20]      Department of the Environment, Submission 40, p. 2.

[21]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 6.

[22]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 7.

[23]      Ms Rebecca Hubbard, Marine Coordinator, Environment Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 3.

[24]      See Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 7.

[25]      Dr Elizabeth Smith, Submission 91, p. 2.

[26]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 14.

[27]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 31.

[28]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 3; see also Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 30.

[29]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 3, 4.

[30]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 30; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, pp 11, 32.

[31]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 11.

[32]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 5; Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, 'Macquarie Harbour and Dissolved Oxygen Discussion', 3 March 2015, http://www.tsga.com.au/macquarie-harbour-and-dissolved-oxygen-discussion/ (accessed 2 August 2015).

[33]      Aquadynamic Solutions, Submission 17, p. 2.

[34]      Macquarie Harbour Dissolved Oxygen Working Group, Report, 6 October 2014, pp 40–41 http://www.tsga.com.au/macquarie-harbour-dissolved-oxygen-working-group-report-october-2014/ (accessed 13 August 2015).

[35]      Aquadynamic Solutions, Submission 17, p. 3; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 11.

[36]      Aquadynamic Solutions, Submission 17, p. 3.

[37]      Aquadynamic Solutions, Submission 17, p. 3.

[38]      Dr Neil Hartstein, Project Manager, Aquadynamic Solutions, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 24.

[39]      Dr Neil Hartstein, Project Manager, Aquadynamic Solutions, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 24; see also Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 31.

[40]      Dr Donald Ross, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 44.

[41]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 5.

[42]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, pp 4, 5.

[43]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 11.

[44]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, 'Macquarie Harbour and Dissolved Oxygen Discussion', 3 March 2015, http://www.tsga.com.au/macquarie-harbour-and-dissolved-oxygen-discussion/ (accessed 2 August 2015).

[45]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, http://www.tsga.com.au/macquarie-harbour-dissolved-oxygen-working-group-report-october-2014/ (accessed 14 August 2015).

[46]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 9.

[47]      Environment Tasmania, Supplementary Submission 93, p. 2.

[48]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Supplementary Submission 33, p. 3.

[49]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 10; see also Dr Donald Ross, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 44.

[50]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parkes, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 11.

[51]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Notification of REFERRAL DECISION – not controlled action if undertaken in a particular manner, Marine Framing Expansion, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania (EPBC 2012/6406)

[52]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 28.

[53]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 28.

[54]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 9.

[55]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 10.

[56]      Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Answers to questions on notice, No. 2.

[57]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 29.

[58]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 29.

[59]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 29.

[60]      Mr Kim Booth, Leader of the Greens, Hansard, Tasmanian House of Assembly, 3 March 2015, pp 17–18.

[61]      Tasmanian House of Assembly, Tabled paper, 3 March 2015.

[62]      Tasmanian House of Assembly, Tabled paper, 3 March 2015.

[63]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 3; see also Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 30.

[64]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 9.

[65]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 10.

[66]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 29.

[67]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 28.

[68]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, Environmental Defenders Office Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 56.

[69]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, Environmental Defenders Office Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 57.

[70]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 9, p. 6.

[71]      Dr Adam Main, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 30; see also Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 10.

[72]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 6.

[73]      Dr John Whittington, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 6.

[74]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 12.

[75]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers' Union, Tasmanian Branch, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 22; see also Huon Resource Development Group, Submission 75, p. 2.

[76]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, EDO Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 52.

[77]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 14.

[78]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 14.

[79]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, Environmental Defenders Office Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 56.

[80]      Ms Jessica Feehely, Principal Lawyer, Environmental Defenders Office Tasmania, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 56.

[81]      EDO Tasmania, Submission 70, p. 14.

[82]      Environment Tasmania, Submission 93, p. 15.

Chapter 7 - The fin-fish industry's contribution to the Tasmanian economy and employment

[1]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 2.

[2]        KPMG, Economic Impact Assessment; Tasmanian Aquaculture Industry May 2015; cited in Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 33.

[3]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, p. 20.

[4]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 34.

[5]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, pp 2–3.

[6]        Department of Agriculture, Submission 10, p. 4.

[7]        Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 34.

[8]        West, J et al. (2012), Diversifying Tasmania's Economy: Analysis and Options–final report, Australian Innovation Research Centre, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, cited in Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 38.

[9]        See for example G & D Transport Pty Ltd, Submission 21, Motors Group Tasmanian Pty Ltd, Submission 23, Scielex Pty Ltd, Submission 24, Duggans Pty Ltd, Submission 25; Veolia, Submission 32.

[10]      Scielex Pty Ltd, Submission 24, p. 2.

[11]      Duggans Pty Ltd, Submission 25, p. 1.

[12]      Duggans Pty Ltd, Submission, p. 2.

[13]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers' Union, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 19.

[14]      The Office of Regional Education, Skills and Jobs, Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plan – Tasmania 2012–2014, (July 2013) http://docs.employment.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/resj_tasmania.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[15]      The Office of Regional Education, Skills and Jobs, Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plan – Tasmania 2012–2014, (July 2013) http://docs.employment.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/resj_tasmania.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[16]      The Office of Regional Education, Skills and Jobs, Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plan – Tasmania 2012–2014, (July 2013) http://docs.employment.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/resj_tasmania.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[17]      Department of Education Tasmania, Tasmanian Adult Literacy Action Plan 2010–2015, https://www.education.tas.gov.au/documentcentre/Documents/Tasmanian-Adult-Literacy-Action-Plan.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[18]      Department of Education Tasmania, Tasmanian Adult Literacy Action Plan 2010–2015, https://www.education.tas.gov.au/documentcentre/Documents/Tasmanian-Adult-Literacy-Action-Plan.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[19]      Department of Education Tasmania, Tasmanian Adult Literacy Action Plan 2010–2015, https://www.education.tas.gov.au/documentcentre/Documents/Tasmanian-Adult-Literacy-Action-Plan.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[20]      Department of Treasury and Finance Tasmania, Labour Force (ABS Cat No 6202.0), http://www.treasury.tas.gov.au/domino/dtf/dtf.nsf/LookupFiles/Labour-Force.pdf/$file/Labour-Force.pdf (accessed 22 July 2015).

[21]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 36.

[22]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers Union, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 19.

[23]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, pp 34–35.

[24]      West, J et al. (2012), Diversifying Tasmania's Economy: Analysis and Options–final report, Australian Innovation Research Centre, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, cited in Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 38.

[25]      C Slessor, 'Huon Aquaculture's $12m Parramatta Creek processing facility creates 70 jobs', The Advocate, 4 July 2015.

[26]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Submission 33, p. 35.

[27]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers' Union, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 19.

[28]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers' Union, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 18; see also Mr Julian Harrington, Project Manager, Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 50.

[29]      Mr Robert Flanagan, Assistant Branch Secretary, Australian Workers' Union, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 19; see also p. 23.

[30]      Dr Adam Main, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard 15 July 2015, pp 25–26.

[31]      Huon Valley Trade Training Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[32]      Australian Workers' Union, Submission 5, p. 9.

[33]      Dr Adam Main, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Committee Hansard 15 July 2015, p. 26.

[34]      Seafood Training Tasmania, Submission 30, p. 2.

[35]      Huon Valley Trade Training Centre, Submission 4, p. 2.

[36]      Seafood Training Tasmania, Submission 30, pp 2, 3.

[37]      Seafood Training Tasmania, Submission 30, p. 7.

[38]      Huon Valley Trade Training Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[39]      Huon Valley Trade Training Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[40]      Huon Valley Trade Training Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[41]      Mr Chris Fontana, Degree C Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 27.

[42]      Mr Chris Fontana, Degree C Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 27.

Chapter 8 - Possible impact of fin-fish aquaculture on human health

[1]        See Ms Henrietta Manning, Submission 71, p. 2; Ms Susan Westcott, Submission 88, p. 3; Dr Elizabeth Smith, Submission 91, p. 7; Ms Miranda Howie, Submission 97, pp 5, 10–16.

[2]        Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 5; Ms Danielle Cairns, Submission 36, p. 2; Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 12.

[3]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, pp 17–18.

[4]        Ms Danielle Cairns, Submission 36, p. 2; see also Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 11.

[5]        Ms Danielle Cairns, Submission 36, p. 2.

[6]        Mr Lance and Mrs Jennifer Hadaway, Submission 73, p. 4.

[7]        Cr Rosalie Woodruff, Submission 37, p. 2.

[8]        Ms Danielle Cairns, Submission 36, pp 2–3.

[9]        Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[10]      Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 11.

[11]      Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, pp 14–15.

[12]      Ms De-arne Webb, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 62.

[13]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[14]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 3; see also Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 12; Ms De-arne Webb, Committee Hansard, 15 July 2015, p. 63.

[15]      Ms Christine Materia, President, Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 10.

[16]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 13.

[17]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 13.

[18]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 31.

[19]      Huon Aquaculture, Response to Ms Miranda Howie's submission, pp 4–5.

[20]      Tassal Group Limited, Response to Ms Miranda Howie's submission, p. 2.

[21]      Dr Steve Carter, Submission 72, p. 2.

[22]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[23]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[24]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 3; Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 10.

[25]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 4; Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, p. 10.

[26]      Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, pp 10–11.

[27]      See Mr Peter Schulze, Submission 89, p. 8; Dr Elizabeth Smith, Submission 91, p. 11; Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance, Submission 95, pp 10–11.

[28]      Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Submission 92, p. 5.

[29]      Doctors for the Environment Australia, Submission 12, p. 4.

[30]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 12.

[31]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

[32]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, pp 12, 16; see also Tasmanian Government, Submission 35, Appendix 1, p. 25.

[33]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

[34]      Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 37.

[35]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

[36]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

[37]      Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Annual Report 2014, pp 72–73.

[38]      Huon Aquaculture, Sustainability Dashboard, http://dashboard.huonaqua.com.au/

[39]      Tassal Group Limited, Sustainability Report 2014, p. 37.

[40]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 12.

[41]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

[42]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 19.

[43]      Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Submission 20, p. 35.

[44]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, pp 12, 16.

[45]      Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association, Response to submissions, p. 16.

Appendix 3 - The regulation of aquaculture in other jurisdictions

[1]        Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ), Comparison of the international regulations and best management practices for marine finfish farming, MPI Technical Paper No: 2013/47, 2013, p. 4.

[2]        Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, National aquaculture legislation sector overview – Norway, http://www.fao.org/fishery/legalframework/nalo_norway/en (accessed 8 July 2015).

[3]        Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ), Comparison of the international regulations and best management practices for marine finfish farming, MPI Technical Paper No: 2013/47, 2013, p. 4.

[4]        Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, National aquaculture legislation sector overview – Norway, http://www.fao.org/fishery/legalframework/nalo_norway/en (accessed 8 July 2015).

[5]        Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ), Comparison of the international regulations and best management practices for marine finfish farming, MPI Technical Paper No: 2013/47, 2013, p. 4.

[6]        Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, National aquaculture legislation sector overview – Norway, http://www.fao.org/fishery/legalframework/nalo_norway/en (accessed 8 July 2015).

[7]        Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, National aquaculture legislation sector overview – Norway, http://www.fao.org/fishery/legalframework/nalo_norway/en (accessed 8 July 2015).

[8]        ≥48000 m³ for movable pens or ≥36000 m³ for permanently fixed pens.

[9]        Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ), Comparison of the international regulations and best management practices for marine finfish farming, MPI Technical Paper No: 2013/47, 2013, pp 4–5.

[10]      Marine Scotland, Scotland’s National Marine Plan, March 2015, p. 52, http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00475466.pdf (accessed 29 July 2015).

[11]      Marine Scotland, Scotland’s National Marine Plan, March 2015, p. 50, http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00475466.pdf (accessed 29 July 2015).

[12]      The Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Regulations 2013, s. 3.

[13]      The Scottish Government, Scottish Planning Policy, p. 56, http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00453827.pdf (accessed 29 July 2015).

[14]      The Scottish Government, Scottish Planning Policy, p. 57, http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00453827.pdf (accessed 29 July 2015).

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