Salmon farming giant Huon Aquaculture hit by another incident at fish pen in Tasmania

Fire has damaged a fish farming pen at a salmon farming lease near Hobart — the third incident to hit one of Tasmania’s largest salmon producers since late November.

Jillaine Williams was on a boat passing Huon Aquaculture’s pens at Hideaway Bay, in southern Tasmania, when she saw the fire break out.

She told ABC Radio Hobart, Huon’s wellboat was at the scene.

“[It was] quite a large blaze, quite high flames, a metre and a half,” Ms Williams said.

“The smoke was…