King Salmon Hearing Latest
For the latest news about the EPA hearing into King Salmon’s applications in the Marlborough Sounds please visit the Sustain Our Sounds site through which we are coordinating the opposition in partnership with other groups who share our concerns. Take me to the Sustain Our Sounds website>>
Read MoreKing Salmon Protest Flotilla and Hikoi – Sat 25th September
Next Saturday 29th September a protest against NZ King Salmons expansion plans will start with a Hikoi from Waikawa Marae car park at 9.00am. The Hikoi is to provide an opportunity for Marlborough people without boats to show their opposition, only a 30 min walk around to Waikawa Bay foreshore.We encourage people to make placards…
Read MoreExtent of Aquaculture in the Marlborough Sounds
This map shows the current extent of Aquaculture in the Marlborough Sounds [wpfilebase tag=file id=1 tpl=simple /] Most people have no idea as to the real extent of aquaculture farms in Marlborough.
Read MoreKing Salmon Series 4. Danny Boulton Sustain Our Sounds. Marlborough Express March 2012
Danny BoultonSustain Our Sounds Rebuttal of Peter Vitasovitch Aquaculture NZ. Marlborough Express March 2012 You have to wonder when a community process (the Marlborough Sounds Plan) can border on being overturned for industrial self interest to the detriment of our marine system, residents and existing businesses. The proposed NZ King Salmon farms fly in the…
Read MoreKing Salmon Series 3. Peter Vitasovitch Aquaculture NZ. Marlborough Express March 2012
Peter Vitasovich Aquaculture NZ Peter Vitasovich continues the four-part opinion series on the NZ King Salmon application to develop eight new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds. He writes about the economic and nutritional value of the proposal. In 1969 a group of fishermen towed the first mussel barge into the Marlborough Sounds and anchored…
Read MoreKing Salmon Series 2. Peter Beech Guardians of the Sounds. Marlborough Express March 2012
Peter BeechGuardians of the Sounds Wake up, Marlborough. The Pelorus already has 800-plus licensed mussel and salmon farms. The permitted zones are full. They have filled in all the gaps and are now applying to “double park” farms one outside the other. If there are markets, and legislation allows, industry will grow to meet this…
Read MoreKing Salmon Series 1. Grant Rosewarne NZ King Salmon. Marlborough Express March 2012
Grant RosewarneNZ King Salmon Marlborough has so much going for it wonderful surroundings, superb wines and increasingly is recognised for its outstanding seafood. At New Zealand King Salmon, we believe we have much to contribute to promote the region and support economic growth. We have been a responsible member of the Marlborough community for a…
Read MoreMarlborough Sounds Environmental Coalition Formed
Sustain Our Sounds is an incorporated society whose purpose is to protect and nurture the Sounds Area land and sea for future generations.
Read MoreApplication for a Fish Farm, in Beatrix Bay – Pelorus Sound
Ngai Tahu have applied for same. Hearings of submissions for, or against, late February.
Read MoreMethyl Bromide Health Hazards
An email from a UK based previous Safety Officer for Port Marlborough stated his concerns about being unable to prevent, or make safe the use of the gas, while living close to the wharf. He says 6 persons who also lived in that area, now have cancer, and his wife also died from cancer. It…
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