The
100-metre long object that was washed up on Te Waewae Bay in
western Southland last week has been identified and claimed
by Huon Aquaculture, a salmon farming company in
Tasmania.
The object found on the beach gathered a
lot of interest, with stories about the long, black pipe
making news around New Zealand, in Australia and the UK.
“We received a huge number of suggestions from the
public as to what it might have been, and how it could have
gotten to Te Waewae Bay,” Deputy Harbourmaster Ian Coard
says.
Huon Aquaculture lost the pipe back in August
when it broke free of a marine farm in Trumpter Bay,
Tasmania. The company immediately launched a search
involving a number of vessels and aircraft but it was not
found until now.
Since the loss of the pipe Huon
Aquaculture have moved to orange pipes to make them more
visible and they also fit them with GPS tracking
devices.
Huon Aquaculture is currently investigating
options for retrieving the pipe.
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