Public Environmental Review - Mid West Aquaculture Development Zone

Overview

The Department of Fisheries (Department), on behalf of the Minister for Fisheries, is proposing to establish an aquaculture development zone in the Mid West region of Western Australia for the purpose of marine finfish aquaculture.

A Public Environmental Review (PER) has been prepared by the Department in accordance with Western Australian Government procedures and is released for public review. The PER document describes the strategic proposal, examines the likely environmental effects and the proposed environmental management procedures associated with future proposals.

Hard copies of the PER may be purchased for $10 (including postage and packing) or a CD version is available free of charge from:

• Department of Fisheries Western Australia
  The Atrium
  168 – 170 St George’s Terrace
  PERTH WA 6000
  Telephone: (08) 9482 7333

Copies of the PER may also be downloaded from: http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/public-comment/

Copies of the PER will be available for examination at:

• JS Battye Library, 25 Francis Street, Perth
• State Library
• Geraldton Library

The EPA prefers submissions to be made online. Click below to make your submission.

Alternatively, submissions may be:

Posted to:
The Chairman, Environmental Protection Authority,
Locked Bag 10, East Perth WA 6892; or

Delivered to:
The Environmental Protection Authority,
Level 8, The Atrium, 168 St Georges Terrace, Perth,

If you have any questions on how to make a submission, please call the Office of the EPA on 6145 0800 or email info@epa.wa.gov.au.