New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2441

✨ Fish Containment Requirements



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2441

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC FISH CONTAINMENT FACILITIES

1. ACNGT APPROVED CONTAINED SALMON GROW-OUT FACILITIES FOR THE NEW ZEALAND KING SALMON CO. LTD, KAITUNA HATCHERY, NORTHBANK RD, RD5 BLENHEIM

Security

Access to the site can only be gained through two separate padlocked gates.

Perimeter fencing:

  • Wire deer netting, 2.2m high, with barbed wire at the top, and fence posts placed 4m apart. The bottom wire is at ground level.

Alarms

  • Perimeter alarm system covering the whole site consisting of an Aleph point to point dual infrared beam alarm system.
  • Passive infrared heat sensor placed centrally on the generator shed, window of approx 30m.
  • Movement sensor in conjunction with the infrared sensor.
  • Security light on the main office building covering the entry area.
  • Alarms on all the doors to each building, which connect to a security alarm and autodialer (3 personnel from the company are paged if the alarms go off).

Hatchery building

Colour Steel and timber framed building with concrete floor. Access is through a single alarmed door and a single internal access door from the adjoining cleaning room. Small glass windows on two walls. Double mesh filters of a mesh size suitable to prevent eggs, embryos and hatchlings escaping, are in place on the water outlet from the hatchery. A hypochlorite footbath is placed at the entrance way to the hatchery.

Raceways

Fish in the four raceways on site are contained within a concrete walled structure completely covered in netting. Double stainless mesh screens are present at the water outlets to prevent the salmon escaping.

Settling pond

The outlet of the pond is screened to prevent access to natural waterways.



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Fish Containment, Salmon Facilities, Security, Alarms, Hatchery, Raceways, Settling Pond