Council has received several calls and complaints about odour from the Barramundi farm on the Captain Cook Highway at Killaloe. The farm managers have advised that the odours are a result of a significant fish kill due to a parasitic infection in one of the ponds.
Council has been advised that all the dead fish (approximately 70-80t) has been buried on site in accordance with the Department of Environment, Science & Innovation’s (DESI) requirements. Officers from DESI conducted a site visit last week on the 30th October.
All complaints received or calls to Council have also been advised to contact the pollution hotline (1300 130 372) as is procedure with DESI complaints and Environmental Health Officer’s have also been in contact with DESI to discuss the issue.
