What’s Fish & Game Doing With the Old Hatchery Site?

Some of you may have noticed the survey pegs on the old Fish & Game Hatchery Site on Stone St… As many of you know this site and also the adjacent Wetland site on which FOBC is carrying out our restoration project, is owned by the Otago Fish & Game Council (OFG).

Previously, OFG had proposed to do a 9 lot subdivision of the Hatchery Site.  This has now changed and instead OFG has done a boundary realignment for the Hatchery site.

Effectively this will mean that at some time in the near future, the old staff quarters hut will be removed and the land bounding Stone St (now Lot 1) will be offered for sale.   In the medium term this will not affect the larger remaining land on which the old Hatchery, Open Bay and the FOBC sheds and nursery are located.

FOBC is working closely with OFG, who have indicated their intention to keep FOBC informed of all changes occurring on the site as we go forward.   

Of note, OFG has also achieved a settlement with QLDC regarding the overflow of stormwater from the Alpha Series development and OFG will be able to release more details about the practical implications of this settlement hopefully in the near future.