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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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South Coast Algal Bloom

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (16:42): Is the minister considering using the SARDI West Beach facility to breed and restock affected fish species?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (16:42): There is already a breeding program for snapper, which of course may well be one of the species that has been affected, so we have a degree of expertise there. It will depend on the individual species. We know that a large number of different species have been affected. That work that is being undertaken to assess the particular impact on each species, the current stock levels and so on will inform what is possible going forward.

It is perhaps worthy of mention that different species have different success in terms of humans trying to breed them. For example, snapper is a long-lived species and we have a reasonable degree of history in successfully breeding snapper fingerlings and releasing them. For some other species, according to the advice that I have received so far, we don't have the same level of expertise, or indeed it may be that they don't take well to that kind of environment. It is very much a matter of understanding first of all the stock levels, secondly the impacts on each individual species and then thirdly the options for helping in terms of replenishment.

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