❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the suspension of a scallop aquaculture experiment in Geraldton due to harbour dredging, inquiring about its resumption, commercial potential, broader impacts, and ecological assessments.
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I refer to page 76 of the Northern Agricultural Catchment Council’s draft regional natural resource management strategy, which refers to the experiment that is currently being conducted to hatch and grow scallops to the larval stage in Geraldton. (1) Is the minister aware that the scallop aquaculture experiment run by Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd has been suspended as a result of what the aforementioned report describes as high silt concentrations in the harbour water caused by the harbour dredging project? (2) Have the operations of this aquaculture project resumed? (3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE
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(1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(1) Is the minister aware that the scallop aquaculture experiment run by Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd has been suspended as a result of what the aforementioned report describes as high silt concentrations in the harbour water caused by the harbour dredging project? (2) Have the operations of this aquaculture project resumed? (3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(2) Have the operations of this aquaculture project resumed? (3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(1) Is the minister aware that the scallop aquaculture experiment run by Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd has been suspended as a result of what the aforementioned report describes as high silt concentrations in the harbour water caused by the harbour dredging project? (2) Have the operations of this aquaculture project resumed? (3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(2) Have the operations of this aquaculture project resumed? (3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(3) What is the commercial potential of this project? (4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(4) What other projects or operations may have been impacted by the ongoing problem with sediment? (5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(5) Have follow-up transit dives ever been undertaken to assess the ecological impacts in the areas affected by the dredging sediment; and, if so, could the minister table the results? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: (1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(1) The Department of Fisheries is aware that West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd’s scallop enhancement project ceased activity in November 2003 as a result, it believes, of the high silt concentrations in the water surrounding the harbour caused by the harbour dredging project. (2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(2) No. (3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(3) The scallop enhancement project is designed to assess the commercial potential of this activity and the commercial potential of the project is at this stage unknown. (4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(4) The department is aware that a sister company to West Coast Scallops Pty Ltd - Shark Bay Tuna Farms Pty Ltd - was unable to successfully grow black-lip oysters at its Geraldton site in the same hatchery in which the scallop enhancement trials are being undertaken. An initial problem with water quality for the rock lobster “Lives” factories in late 2002 was managed successfully and did not occur in the 2003-04 season. (5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
(5) The Minister for the Environment has provided the following answer - Yes. The Geraldton Port Authority is undertaking post-dredging seagrass impact and recovery monitoring. Where post-dredging surveys show signs of adverse impacts on the seagrass, monitoring must be conducted on an ongoing and annual basis until such time that it can be determined that the seagrass has stabilised and the long-term impacts can be assessed.
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