The Huon Story Edn 13 - Flipbook - Page 12
Tori & Steve Percival
Farewell
to one of the industry’s
How t o a d eq u a te ly de scribe
a p e rs o n who has made a
su bs t a n t i a l p o s itive dif fe r e nc e t o t he s e a food industr y,
su st a i n e d o ve r many y e ars
and i s hi g hl y r e spe cte d by
i nd u s t r y c o l l ea gue s?
Thirty-odd years after
Dr Steve Percival began his association with
Huon, he’s hanging up his
Stormy Seas jacket and
stepping away from his
role as GM, Fish Health.
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Steve join ed Hu on in 1990
as a Farm Man ager (when
it w as a fledglin g operat ion
w ith jus t s ix s t af f, c ompared
w ith aroun d 1, 000 n ow!)
and ha s been ext en s ively
involved in fis h healt h an d
biose cu rit y mat t ers for t he
Australian aqu ac ult ure in dustr y at bot h a loc al an d
national level.
H e w as res pon s ible for pre paring a Vet erin ar y Healt h
and B ios ec u rit y P lan whic h
assisted in Hu on bein g rec ognised as Au s t ralian Bios e curit y Farmer of t he Year in
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Champions
Man y wit hin t his in dust r y
would s ee St eve as a t i r el ess
advoc at e for bios ec u r i t y.
Wit hin Huon , St eve ha s b een
in s t rumen t al in en s urin g c o m pan y dec is ion s have b een
s haped by t he import a n c e o f
main t ain in g robus t fis h hea l t h
an d bios ec urit y meas u r es.
Through his ef fort s , H u o n
has , from t he ver y c om men c emen t of operati o n s,
had a s t ron g foc us on t he
fis h .
Huon Aquaculture
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