"Hundreds of new jobs are expected to be created after the approval of two shellfish farms to be developed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and the Firth of Thames.

The contentious Eastern Seafarms 3,000 hectare operations wil now go ahead after a failed challenge in the High Court against the developments by fisheries giant, Sandford.

And yesterday the Ministry of Fisheries approved a 520 hectare shellfish farm off the west coast of the Coromandel peninsula..."

To hear the full article follow this link to the Radio New Zealand website and search/scroll for MP3 file: mnr-20091021-0751-hundreds_of_new_jobs_expected_from_approval_of_two_marine_farms-048.mp3 (1.2 MB)