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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Tasman Peninsula, with its extensive coastline, low population density and lack of industrial development, offers significant marine fanning opportunities. Sheltered stable waters provide, prima facie, ideal sites for both shallow-water and deep-water cultivation activities. Three species are fanned at present – the Pacific oyster Crassastrea gigas, mussel Mytilus edulis planulatus and rainbow trout Salmo gairderi. Four other species offer immediate prospects for cultivation – the flat oyster Ostrea angasi, scallops Pecten furmata, abalone Haliotis ruber and Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. Other opportunities include seaweed cultivation and flatfish.
Current and potential production and employment opportunities from aquaculture activities are projected. Basic details relating to farm size and land-based infrastructure requirements are outlined.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
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The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
