The Environment Court has rejected a proposed Pelorus Sounds salmon farm because it could lower the value of the “outstanding” surrounding landscape.
It also cited the opposition of a Maori neighbor Hori Elkington and his iwi Ngati Koata, saying the cumulative effects of what could be four salmon farms in the area on the tangata whenua weighed heavily against granting consent.
The Marlborough District Council's Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan defined the area the proposed salmon farm was in as “an area of outstanding landscape value,” including the “coastal segment,” the court's ruling said.
