University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2008 Impacts of marine fish farming with sea cages in Botany Bay David Barker University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Barker, David, Impacts of marine fish farming with sea cages in Botany Bay, Master of Environmental Science (Hons.) thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, 2008. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2567 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository Services:
[email protected]. IMPACTS OF MARINE FISH FARMING WITH SEA CAGES IN BOTANY BAY By DAVID BARKER A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of HONOURS MASTERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science University of Wollongong March 2008 CERTIFICATION I, David Barker, certify that this thesis, submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Honours Masters of Environmental Science, in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, is wholly my own work unless otherwise acknowledged. The document has not been submitted for qualifications at any other academic institution. David Barker 1st March 2008 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Silver Beach Aquaculture P/L (SBA), OneSteel Limited formerly (BHP), and New South Wales Fisheries, funded this work. This study would not have been possible without technical support from, John Hedison, Silver Beach Aquaculture P/L, Laurie Derwent, John Matthews and Karen Astles, New South Wales Fisheries. It should be noted that all the chemical analyses referred to for sediment metals and nutrients was done by Daniel Spooner at the University of Canberra.