Download Best Management Practice guidelines for salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds: Part 1: Benthic environmental quality standards and monitoring protocol (Version 1.0 January 2015)

This is a guidance document to inform the development and implementation of benthic monitoring programmes for salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds. It was developed in an integrated working group environment, with representation from Council (MDC), Industry (NZ King Salmon), Community stakeholders (Sounds Advisory Group), science providers (Cawthron Institute, NIWA) and MPI. It details what should be measured, where, and how often, and specifies consequences in the event of non-compliance.