“Warzone” was the word one top exec recently used in conversation with IntraFish to describe the current state of the Australian aquaculture industry.
While salmon farmers engage in court battles with local government and producers stab each other in the back, NGOs are jumping into the void of distraction to wreak their own havoc on the markets.
Huon Aquaculture’s unprecedented court battle with the Tasmanian government raises a barrage of questions for starters.
The company -- the second largest salmon farmer in Australia -- is on a quest to limit stocking densities in Macquarie Harbour and enforce environmental standards it alleges have been ignored by the government.
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