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Rochelle Galloway
March 2 2017 - 6:00am

Salmon Farms

COULD someone please explain and tell me where my logic is flawed: politicians and some unions are saying they are all for protecting jobs in the salmon industry. Given the multimillion-dollar profits that the "current" salmon farming operations make under their current leases, how are any current jobs actually in jeopardy? No one seems to have a firm handle on just how many jobs will be created if expansions into Okehampton and Storm Bay go ahead. I hear very few people  saying they want the actual industry shut down, in fact most support it and realise the economic value it brings to the state’s economy in regional areas. Given all of that, the Macquarie Harbour issue is a major concern and gives little confidence that the same mistakes won't  be repeated with the proposed expansion areas into Okehampton and Storm bays.

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Rochelle Galloway

Rochelle Galloway

The Examiner Deputy Editor

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