Fishy business in the Marlborough Sounds

September 2012

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September 2012

Like the ocean, corporations can bring great prosperity… but it’s best not to turn your back on either. Louise Parker keeping a weather eye on the horizon in Tawhitinui Reach. Photo: Mark Banham
Sometimes idyllic conditions lead to the trickiest situations. It’s a kayaking truism that’s now being applied to the entire Marlborough Sounds thanks to a multi-national backed aquaculture expansion. Mark Banham reports In a kayak two kilometres off Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds things become very simple. In my case last year it looked like […]
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