❓ Hon Dee Margetts asks the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries whether the WA government has received evidence from MG Kailis Group regarding the pilchard virus outbreak and its link to Port Lincoln tuna farms. The Minister replies in the negative.
AnsweredQoN 1009Legislative Council
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My question relates to the article in The West Australian of 11 November titled “Esperance tuna farm plan revived”. The article states that Ron Edwards, spokesman for the Kailis tuna farm project in Esperance, said - . . . the company had evidence to show that the virus which killed millions of pilchards in the Southern Ocean was not due to any disease from imported feed for the Port Lincoln farming. (1) Has Mr Edwards or any other representative from MG Kailis Group provided the Western Australian Government with any evidence, new or otherwise, that shows that the pilchard virus was not due to imported feed at Port Lincoln? (2) If yes to (1), can the minister please table this evidence? (3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any other evidence that clears Port Lincoln as a possible or probable source of the virus that caused the biggest recorded biomass fish kill in the Southern Hemisphere? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(2) If yes to (1), can the minister please table this evidence? (3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any other evidence that clears Port Lincoln as a possible or probable source of the virus that caused the biggest recorded biomass fish kill in the Southern Hemisphere? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any other evidence that clears Port Lincoln as a possible or probable source of the virus that caused the biggest recorded biomass fish kill in the Southern Hemisphere? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(2)-(3) Not applicable.
(2) If yes to (1), can the minister please table this evidence? (3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any other evidence that clears Port Lincoln as a possible or probable source of the virus that caused the biggest recorded biomass fish kill in the Southern Hemisphere? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any other evidence that clears Port Lincoln as a possible or probable source of the virus that caused the biggest recorded biomass fish kill in the Southern Hemisphere? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(1) No. (2)-(3) Not applicable.
(2)-(3) Not applicable.
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