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Petuna hatchery set up in Cressy. (Photo Credit: Petuna)
Petuna opens environmentally friendly salmon hatchery
(AUSTRALIA, 12/3/2015)
Petuna Aquaculture has set up a new environmentally friendly salmon and trout hatchery in northern Tasmania, valued at AUD 10 million (USD 7.3 million), which will produce 3.5 million fish per year.
The state-of-the-art facility, located in Cressy, will re-use nearly all of its water. Sources from the company pointed out they plan to phase out the use of traditional flow-through ponds, which have raised environmental concerns about fish waste entering nearby waterways, ABC News reported.
"It uses less than 5 per cent of the water that a traditional system would," pointed out Petuna CEO Dr Mark Porter.
"We're using less than 200 litres per minute in the system and that's roughly equivalent to a bath tap running 24 hours a day. Because it's complete environmental control, through temperature, photo period and salinity - it gives us the opportunity to put the very best fish to sea every time," he added.
The facility will grow salmon and trout destined for the company's ocean leases near Satellite Island in the south-east and Macquarie Harbour off the west coast and will generate 26 new jobs.
Tasmanian Green political parties welcomed the decision to imeplement this aquaculture system and insisted the Government should regulate the industry to make sure aquaculture becomes sustainable.
Other two aquaculture firms, Huon Aquaculture and Tassal, have both installed similar hatcheries.
The Environmental Protection Agency and island fisheries service are currently reviewing the performance of hatcheries to decide if they should be regulated.
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134 Tarleton Street
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East Devonport
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Tasmania (7310)
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Australia
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+61 3 6427 9033
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+61 3 6427 9743
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info@petuna.com
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