Correspondence Regarding Marine Farming Expansion, Macquarie Harbour - EPBC 2012/6406.

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Luke Martin, CEO of Salmon Tasmania, wrote to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on 6 November 2024 regarding the Marine Farming Expansion in Macquarie Harbour (EPBC 2012/6406), a reconsideration request under the EPBC Act seeking confirmation the action is "not a controlled action if undertaken in a particular manner." Martin welcomed the Minister's approval for a 12-month extension of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee's assessment of the Maugean Skate listing, due to conclude 30 October 2025. He argued that recent scientific evidence supports continued salmon aquaculture coexistence with the skate, citing: successful IMAS breeding programs, positive skate population updates with stabilization noted, and increased oxygen levels in Macquarie Harbour reaching pre-2010 levels. The correspondence frames regulatory certainty around the skate's threatened status as