Presentation from Dover CIS hosted by Tassal on August 7, 2018.

1. Dover Community
Information Session
August 7th 2018
Depha Miedecke l Senior Manager – Community Engagement
Sean Riley l Head of Environment

2. • Grow 32,000tns of salmon - ~ 1.6% of
world supply & 50% of Tasmanian supply
• 3 directly controlled Salmon hatcheries
and a majority ownership of industry
hatchery Salmon Enterprises of Tasmania
Pty Ltd (Saltas)
• 4 diverse marine farming zones
• 5 processing facilities
• 1 retail outlet in Salamanca & Julie the
Salmon Truck
• 3,375 points of retail presence
About Tassal: Overview

3. About Tassal: Our People
• 80% in Tasmania - $89.6m in salary and wages. Majority in regional Tasmania
Tassal Group – Wages by Region FY17 ($M)
Total Wages Paid - $89.6M

4. Supporting Regional Business
• To support our growth phase we need
to undertake significant Capital
Expenditure, 90% of which is sourced
from Tasmanian based business
• $135m spent annually on buying
goods and services
• Our operations help support 630
other Tasmanian businesses
• Feed, a major operating cost, is made
in Tasmania. We spend ~$140m
annually

5. Global Aquaculture Trends
• 2015: Aquaculture surpassed wild catch
• 2030: Aquaculture to provide over 60% of marine protein

6. The
Southern Zone
• Southern is one of the four
farming zones that Tassal
grow salmon in Tasmania
• Southern zone grows 50% of
our salmon.
• The Southern Zone has eight
active leases that we grow
fish on.

7. The Farm
• Killala, Meads, Butler’s and Stringer’s lease’s house the smolt as they are inputted to sea
each year
• Majority of the annual smolt input occurs between March and May each year. The Smolt
are an average of 220g when they go to sea
• Redcliffe’s, Great Taylor’s and Lippies leases on grow the fish till they are of harvest size,
which is between 5 to 6kg.
• Each lease has a feed barge moored and delivers feed to each pen of fish
• The feed is produced by Skretting in Cambridge Tasmania, it is delivered to the barges by
boat from a central warehouse located in Margate.
• Majority of our feed barges have been built by Hayward’s in Margate
• We are currently in the process of centralising our feeding processes. Previously our fish
were fed from a control point on the feed barge. Now we are moving to feeding all of
our leases from a feed centre in town.

8. Feed Centre: the benefits
• New high
resolution
cameras,
improved
picture
• Winch camera
positioning =
vertical/
• horizontal
movement
• Integrated
oxygen and
temperature
sensors
• Improved WHS
for farm staff,
not having to
get on barges
in rough
conditions
• Improved feed
conversion and
feed intakes
• Improved
environmental
outcomes with
reduction in
feed wastage
and FCR
• Feed
technicians
work together
and focus on
identical KPI’s

9. The Farm (cont.)
• Southern Zone is harvested for 11
months of the year
• The 17YC fish are currently being
harvested at an average of 5.5 kg.
• The fish are harvested on the lease
with a purpose built harvest vessel.

10. Harvest
• The harvest vessel Emmanuel
harvests all of our fish the South
East of Tasmania
• It was built in 2017 by Haywards at
Margate.
• Significant investment has gone
into this vessel to ensure fish
welfare and quality, WHS and
efficiency.
• Emmanuel’s noise mitigation was
designed by acoustic specialists
and to keep noise levels to a
minimum when it is operating

11. Dover Wet Processing Facility
• Post harvest the fish are transported by harvest
vessel Emmanuel directly to Dover processing
facility.
• Fish are pumped into the facility from the vessel
for processing, here the fish are gutted and graded.
• On average the facility handles 21,000 fish per day
and operates 300 days of the year
• 60% of the fish are packed whole into boxes and
sent to the wholesale market
• The remainder are trucked to Huonville or Margate
for value added processing.
• 88% of our fish are sold to the domestic market.

12. Our Staff
• 141 people work full time in the Southern farming Zone
• 82 people work in Dover Processing, these are a
combination of casual, full time and seasonal roles
• We had 17 roles available in the Dover region. We
advertised locally and nationally and are pleased to say
that we have had a very positive response. We look to
have these roles filled soon.
• Resumes and expressions of interest are always welcome.
• Majority of our staff live in the Huon Valley
• Our staff cover 24/7, 365 days operation coverage
• Our central base for operations is at Meads
• We have many contractors that provide services that live
in the local area.

13. Transparency
• Tassal awarded in 2017 #2 in the world for transparency of
sustainability reporting. #1 in 2016 and #3 in 2015
(seafoodintel.com)
• Transparency brings scrutiny, however also drives
improvement
• In 2018, we were found to be a leader in sustainability
reporting by the Australian Councils of Superannuation
Investors (ACSI) who compare all ASX200 listed companies.
• Our new interactive site-by-site dashboard, launched 2018
• Southern undergoes Aquaculture Stewardship Council
(ASC) certification all grow out leases, Great Taylors 1 and
2, Redcliffes’s and Lippies are ASC certified.
• Leases in the Southern Zone currently have 100% out of
lease benthic compliance

14. • The salmon industry has been managing the naturally occurring virus Pilchard
orthomyxovirus (POMV) since it’s first outbreak significant outbreak on salmon in 2012.
• It is spread by wild fish to salmon and does not pose a health risk to people that
eat salmon.
• POMV impacts predominantly juvenile fish post entry to sea
• Geographical and operational separation between salmon companies and year classes of
fish is an important control.
• The industry is currently working collaboratively to improve biosecurity by assessing our
farming zones and how we operate the various leases. This may result in a change in
how the leases are operated and managed.
• A POMV vaccine has been developed and will be trialled commercially this year. Tassal
will have 500k of the 18YC fish vaccinated .
POMV & Biosecurity

15. Marine Debris
• We take marine debris seriously, and know
that we need to improve
• Our primary focus is stopping it at the
source
• We do regular shoreline clean-ups in the
areas we operate
• We collect all rubbish found
• We have a partnership with indigenous
social enterprise group Pakana who work
one day per week performing shoreline
clean-ups.

16. Marine Debris
Volume Collected 30.45m3
Total person hours 956
Distance covered (km) 123.3km
Total waste (Tassal) 33%
Other fish farm waste 15.5%
Domestic/recreational
waste
48.5%
Southern Zone Marine Debris data

17. Marine Debris
Volume Collected 79.51m3
Total person hours 1776
Distance covered (km) 322km
Total waste (Tassal) 28.2%
Other fish farm waste 12.68%
Domestic/recreational waste 59.1%
All zones Marine Debris data

18. Our Communities
• Tassal directly invests into all its communities where it operates
• In 2017 we invested ~$650,000 into programs, partnerships and provisions which align to
our Community Foundation pillars (health & well-being; education; environmental
stewardship and social inclusion)

19. Community Partnerships
Tassal has a dedicated Community Foundation and
assesses requests for sponsorships and donations
against its core community pillars (health & wellbeing;
environment; education and social inclusion).
• Derwent Storms Dragon
Boat event Huonville
• Franklin Triple Bowls
Tournament
• Geeveston Xmas Pageant
• Huon Valley Agricultural
Society
• Huon Show
• Huonville Cricket Club
• Huon Relay for Life Cancer
Council
• Huon Valley Little Athletics
Club
• Huon Art Exhibition
(Cygnet and Channel)
• Huon Valley Aquatic Centre
• Huon Valley Council (Aust
Day Celebrations)
• Huon Valley Golf Club
• Kingborough Huon
Basketball Association
• Sacred Heart School
Geeveston Canberra trip
• Southern Storm FC
Kermandie
We have supported to date:

20. Better Together: Community Grants
• Applications for Better
Together: Community Grants
are now open
• Local services, not-for-profit
and charitable organisations
as well as Australian citizens
or permanent residents are
eligible to apply for a Better
Together: Community Grant
• To apply, visit
www.tassalgroup.com.au
or grab a form from our
Tassal staff

21. Broadscale Monitoring Program
• Commenced in March 2009
• It is a regulatory requirement that
broadscale monitoring requirements are
met by all licence holders
• 15 Monitoring and sampling stations
• Water quality monitored monthly/bi-
monthly (nutrients, physical parameters
and microalgae)
• Sediments monitored annually - sediment
chemistry (redox, sulphides) and biology
(benthic infauna)
• 140+ consecutive sampling events

22. Additional Monitoring & Data Collection
• Ecological reef assessments (26 sites in
SE Tas) commenced in July 2015
• Visual compliance surveys (every 12
months required by EPA + intermediate
surveys by Tassal
• Real-Time Water Column Profiler off
the Lippies lease

23. Re-Cap on Environmental Effects of Salmon Farming

24. Broadscale Monitoring Sites

25. Site Characteristics Differ
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15 11 12 2 4 7 8 10 13 14 1 3 5 6 9
Control Huon D'Ent. Channel Huon D'Ent. Channel
Bay Mid-channel
Depth(m)
Site

26. Dover Monitoring Sites
NORTH SOUTH
EAST WEST

27. Environmental Reporting - Nutrients

28. Environmental Reporting - Temperature

29. Environmental Reporting – Benthic Infauna

30. Maree – Marine Ecological Emulator

31. Questions?