King Salmon's Marlborough Sounds consents upheld at appeal

King Salmon's Marlborough Sounds consents upheld at appeal
Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Campaigners against a substantial increase in aquaculture in the Marlborough Sounds have lost their appeals against Environment Court rulings that had already upheld resource consents granted by a board of inquiry. Justice Robert Dobson dismissed appeals mounted by the Environmental Defence Society and the Sustain Our Sounds lobby group, saying that while the board of inquiry had made findings at odds with the Marlborough District Council's plan for the area, that did not mean its conclusions were wrong. "It was quite...