New Zealand's Port Pegasus Salmon Farming Plans Canned
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Southland Times] by Michael Fallow - November 1,2017
Prospects for salmon farming in the north arm of Stewart Island's Port Pegasus have gone belly-up.
The site was given extensive Government-funded scientific study after being deemed the most promising of five sites identified by the Southland Regional Development Strategy for aquaculture development.
But water currents have been found to be lower than expected, which would require lower production limits.
That would create "significant challenges", reduce the net benefit to the regional economy and mean "a level of ...
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