The Northern Territory Seafood Council, which represents seafood operators across the aquaculture, wild catch and trader/processing sectors, and Seafarms, the organisation behind Project Sea Dragon, a large-scale staged development of prawn production ponds across Northern Australia, will give valuable evidence this week to a parliamentary committee inquiry into aquaculture.
The House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee will be holding the public hearing as part of its current inquiry into Australia’s aquaculture sector.
The Committee Chair, Rick Wilson MP, noted that ‘This hearing will round out evidence from aquaculture stakeholders in the Northern Territory received during a public hearing and site visits in Darwin in July.’
‘The committee has seen first-hand the significant aquaculture work being undertaken in the Northern Territory. We look forward to hearing further perspectives about current challenges and new opportunities for aquaculture in the Territory, and how the Government can help address barriers being faced by operators.’
For further information, please visit the inquiry website.
Public hearing details
Date: Thursday, 12 August 2021
Time: 10.10am to 11:10am AEST
A live audio stream of the hearing will be accessible at: www.aph.gov.au/live
Media inquiries
Elysia Harverson, office of Mr Rick Wilson MP, Chair
elysia.harverson@aph.gov.au
0477 360 087
For background information
Committee Secretariat
02 6277 4500
agriculture.reps@aph.gov.au
