Algal bloom halts Spring Bay mussel harvest in Tasmania
MUSSELS have been pulled from menus across Tasmania because of the return of algal blooms.
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MUSSELS have been pulled from menus across Tasmania because of the return of algal blooms, which have visited Tasmania’s East Coast each year since 2012.
Routine testing prompted the temporary cessation of harvesting at Tasmania’s only commercial mussel farm about a month ago.
The stoppage happened well before contamination reached a level that would be harmful to humans.
Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council chief executive Neil Stump said there was no way of knowing how long Spring Bay Seafoods would have to wait before harvesting could resume.
Mr Stump said the good news was that the algal bloom was largely confined to the Spring Bay area and no other Tasmanian shellfish farms had been affected so far this year.
Commercial and recreational rock lobster fisheries have been closed for the past three weeks as a precaution across an area between Marion Bay and Freycinet Peninsula.
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