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Environment
Ethan James

'Stealthy' Tas fish farm trial plan lashed

The federal government plan comes after intense criticism of the impact of the industry in Tasmania. (AAP)

Environmental groups say plans to trial salmon farming in deeper offshore waters in Bass Strait are being progressed "by stealth" without proper calls for feedback.

The federal government is taking public submissions on an aquaculture "research trial" in a 50-hectare zone some six nautical miles off Burnie in Tasmania's northwest.

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