date:Jul 07, 2014
Stump said that at present, the toxin is very localised and will impact on oyster growers namely in the Great Oyster Bay area.
They have to cease production and can't sell any product so it will impact directly on them, Stump said.
Other growers in the adjacent areas, where we've also detected the presence of this algae, are on a watch and alert at this stage.
In 2013 the Tasmanian oyster industry was hit by a number of contamination scares including an outbreak of Norovirus which resulted i