King Salmon targets 'open ocean' Cook Strait salmon farm by Nov 2020

King Salmon targets 'open ocean' Cook Strait salmon farm by Nov 2020
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Aug. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Marlborough Sounds fish farmer New Zealand King Salmon is targeting construction of the country's first 'open ocean' salmon farm by late 2020. The company says the consent application it lodged early last month for 'Blue Endeavour' - a farm about six kilometres off D'Urville Island - has been accepted by the Marlborough District Council. Assuming the application is not appealed to the Environment Court, or called-in to the Environmental Protection Authority, that could allow a decision by Novemb...

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