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EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on Draft Aquaculture Standards for Tasmania. In this submission, we respond to This submission responds to the Draft Environmental Standard for Marine Finfish Farms and to the Draft Standardised Marine Farming Management Controls (as they relate to finfish farming). EDO’s submission also responds to broader concerns around the regulation of Tasmania’s finfish farming industry, particularly in light of the Legislative Council Sub-Committee Report on Finfish Farming in Tasmania dated 19 May 2022.