Depths of despair as 20,000 “ravenous” kingfish hit Port Stephens marine park

By Donna Page and Sam Norris
Updated February 1 2018 - 1:19pm, first published 5:30am
TRIAL SITE: A file photo of the Huon Aquaculture and NSW Department of Primary Industry commercial-size yellowtail kingfish trial site off Port Stephens. Picture: Sam Norris
TRIAL SITE: A file photo of the Huon Aquaculture and NSW Department of Primary Industry commercial-size yellowtail kingfish trial site off Port Stephens. Picture: Sam Norris

THERE are fears thousands of “ravenous” kingfish that escaped a state-government jointly run fish farm off Port Stephens will devastate the marine park's wild fish population.

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