“It’s true our industry is growing, however, in terms of footprint, we use the equivalent of this dot for all our farming.”
Steve Witkowski
Environmental Officer (Marine Scientist)
Q:
How did you determine your farming footprint and work out the dot in the graphic?
A:
0.014027 955.5 7,0 00,000
All of Tassal’s combined active lease space is 955.5 hectares. Tasmania’s total land area is almost seven million hectares, therefore our footprint is 0.014027% of the total land. If you take Tasmania’s marine areas into account, Tasmania’s land and water area adds up to over nine million hectares. Therefore, our footprint then equals 0.010561% of the total land and water area.
Tasmania’s total land area equals 6, 811, 900 hectacres
Q: 12
How many people do you employ across the state and Australia-wide?
WINTER 2018 CURRENT
A:
Tasmania’s total land and water area is over nine million hectacres
As a result, the footprint of all our active leases equals 0.010561%
The headcount for the month of May 2018, found Tassal directly employs 1259 people Australia-wide, with 935 of our employees in Tasmania, resulting in some of the highest employment numbers in the state for a non-government business.
