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Important Dates. King Salmon EPA Inquiry
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How do I voice my opposition to Kings Salmon’s plans?
To oppose King Salmon’s plans for the Marlborough Sounds you can send a submission to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that are conducting the hearing that will decide whether King Salmon can go ahead or not.
Your submission needs to be sent by 2nd May at 5pm so please don’t hesitate.
To make it easier we have prepared a submissions application with many of the boxes already completed. You are of course free to adapt this to your personal view point before sending it in.
Download a copy of the form here:
King Salmon Submission Template 2
doc (1.1 MB)
Then you simply need to:
- Add your name and contact details (help?)
- Add, delete or modify the grounds of your opposition from the list if suggestions we have completed for you (help?)
- Email the form to the following two people:
- The EPA Inquiry kingsalmon@epa.govt.nz
- King Salmons Lawyer james.gardner-hopkins@russellmcveagh.com
- Please include in the subject line:
Submission: (your name), New Zealand King Salmon Proposal - Detailed help on how to email your submission is available here
That’s it!
If your submission weighs in at over 10Mb or you prefer traditional mail, you can send the form as hard copy or on a CD etc. to the EPA at:
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New Zealand King Salmon Proposal
Private Bag 63002
Waterloo Quay
Wellington 6140
and don’t forget to also send a copy to King Salmon at:
- The New Zealand King Salmon Co. Limited
c/- Russell McVeagh
P.O. Box 10-214
Wellington 6143
Attention: James Gardner-Hopkins
Having problems with the downloadable submissions form?
Try the PDF version that you can print off, fill in and post to the addresses above:
King Salmon Submission Template Printable
pdf (511.0 KB)
Many thanks for your support. Each submission really does count.
Submit a Submission and win a batch holiday
Yes it’s true, we have been offered a weeks batch holiday as a prize in a draw. All you have to do is:
- send in a submission as described here
- then email a copy of your submission to the Guardians of the Sounds at admin@guardiansofthesounds.co.nz or send a copy to:
Guardians of the Sounds
Bach Draw
PO Box 144
Picton 7220
Marlborough
New Zealand
The draw will take place soon after submissions are closed.
The draw is open to anyone that submits a valid objection. The winning drawn objection will be contacted by the organiser.
The draw is for the bach and boat, no monetary equivalent is offered. It may be gifted to another party. Food and supplies are the responsibility of the winner.
Transport will be provided from Waikawa Marina, Waikawa, Marlborough Sounds.
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Extent of Aquaculture in the Marlborough Sounds
This map shows the current extent of Aquaculture in the Marlborough Sounds
Map of Aquaculture Sites in Marlborough Sounds
pdf (442.3 KB)
Most people have no idea as to the real extent of aquaculture farms in Marlborough.
Posted in Aquaculture, Sounds Management
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King Salmon Series 4. Danny Boulton Sustain Our Sounds. Marlborough Express March 2012
Danny Boulton
Sustain 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 face of the Rio Declaration, to which the council is a signatory, and states “polluters must internalise and not externalise (put to sea) their waste”.
Tourism has always been the mainstay of the Marlborough Sounds and brings in $215 million. Nature is what people come to enjoy it is those values that give memorable experiences and a joy to living.
King 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 it in the Kenepuru.
In the 43 years since, New Zealand aquaculture (farming of greenshell mussels, King Salmon and Pacific oysters) has become a significant, sustainable primary industry employing more than 3000 Kiwis and generating more than $400 million of revenue in 2011.
King Salmon Series 2. Peter Beech Guardians of the Sounds. Marlborough Express March 2012
Peter Beech
Guardians 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 demand.
This is what King Salmon’s private plan change is about to change our district plan to allow the company to apply for farms in prohibited areas.
King Salmon Series 1. Grant Rosewarne NZ King Salmon. Marlborough Express March 2012
Grant Rosewarne
NZ 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 quarter of a century. We operate an environmentally sustainable business, generating employment for 440 New Zealanders and earning upwards of $60 million a year in export revenues.
Marlborough Sounds Environmental Coalition Formed
Pete and the Guardians of the Sounds realised that King Salmon’s application to extend their business, was too great an issue for them to handle on their own.
A meeting of local Environmental Groups was called in December 2011.
There now exists an incorporated society, “Sustain Our Sounds” (S.O.S) whose purpose is to protect and nurture the Sounds Area land and sea for future generations.
The Guardians are an associated member of S.O.S, and will be putting in submissions against any proposed use of the Sounds, detrimental to their sustained viability. It is time the politicians respected the science!
Learn more on the Sustain Our Sounds website at www.sustainoursounds.org.nz
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King Salmon apply for 8 new salmon farms in Marlborough Sounds
King Salmon have lodged 2 applications with E.P.A (Environmental Protection Agency) to be heard in the 2012 New Year, by a “Board of Enquiry”, ‘for expediency’, whose members are apparently appointed by the Minister of Fisheries.
1) Applying for a Private Plan Change to the existing Marlborough District Council Sounds Plan. (If successful, it would enable King Salmon un-restricted future use of the Marlborough Sounds.)
2) Applying for Resource Consent for approximately 8 new salmon farms immediately.
It is understood that such simultaneous applications, addressing matters of potentially significant local impact, has never occurred before.
Should King Salmon proposed tactic be successful, the time to undertake due diligence ie positive and negative effects on the environment and community will be reduced from approximately 3 years to approximately 9 months.
View video here
Salmon farming in Norway, Canada, Scotland, and Chile, after destroying the seabed beneath and contributing to disease and algae blooms) that devastated their industries, now seek to establish them in our Sounds.
Posted in Aquaculture, Fisheries, Sounds Management, Uncategorized, video
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