The evidence is in and scientists are calling for urgent conservation action, after monitoring revealed that the Maugean skate population has rapidly declined by almost half in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania – their last remaining habitat and one that is significantly impacted by human activity. “We’ve monitored the skates since 2012 and found the population declined …
Salmon Tasmania Lobbyist Lyle Howard on the future of the Salmon industry in Tasmanian Waters.
The Mercury reported on an Inquiry into Australia's food security where newly appointed Salmon Tasmania Lobbyist Lyle Howard was asked about the future of the Salmon industry operating in Tasmanian Waters. Comments by Mr Howard include: Mr Howard said he disagreed the industry was under threat from the push to avoid eating salmon. “What I …
RAS in Dubai – hardly a cold part of the World
While many grandiose aquaculture projects have failed to live up to their promise in the Middle East, Fish Farms LLC – which includes a hatchery, cage farms and RAS facilities in Dubai – offers an example of what can be achieved under testing conditions. Remarkably, the company’s RAS is multi-species and produces Atlantic salmon (S. …
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Government releases draft Ten Year Salmon Plan
The Tasmanian Government has released the draft Ten Year Salmon Plan, without completing all their promised community consultation. NOFF’s President, Peter George, said: The state government’s ten-year Atlantic salmon plan marks a complete capitulation by the Rockliff government to the foreign-owned industry giving it what it wants, where it wants. The plan amounts to a …
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ABC Four Corners eviscerates JBS
ABC-TV Four Corners has eviscerated JBS, the Brazilian Butchers who now own Huon Aquaculture, in an episode on April 25. Bought with the proceeds of overseas crime, our salmon industry is now in the hands of savage corporations who care nothing for our waterways and marine life and who care only for profit. This program …
Government to ban use of explosives?
The Tasmanian Government has launched a so-called research project on aquaculture in Bass Strait, in Commonwealth waters off Burnie. The Federal Government has agreed that Tasmania can manage the application and regulation of pollution, wildlife protection and other standards in Commonwealth waters. The project will be managed by Blue Economy CRC, which is funded substantially …
Secret maps confirmed, Government to come clean?
The existence of secret maps - denied by government for weeks - that identify areas of Tasmania’s coastline suitable for industrial salmon production has been confirmed at a webinar of scientists. To see the maps, click here for map 1 showing the grow and no grow zones the industry disliked (one page, JPG), here for …
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Misleading claims about salmon hatcheries demolished
A recent article in The Mercury, Hobart, (Aug 29, 2021) headed “Don’t Blame Fish Farms for Ruined Rivers” reported claims that salmon hatcheries have at worst minimal impact on Tasmanian waterways. One of Australia’s most eminent water scientists, Professor Peter Davies AM, puts that claim to the sword. Professor Davies has an international reputation and …
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EPA emails to TASSAL revealed
The scale and cause of the deaths of a large number of farmed salmon in February remain a mystery, with documents obtained by the ABC revealing the director of Tasmania's environmental watchdog assured the fish producer he "did not provide a detailed or complete response" to questions from the broadcaster. Tassal has refused to provide details …
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Neighbours of Fish Farming (NOFF) is a community-based volunteer organisation based in southern Tasmania. Our objective is to promote sustainable, responsible, environmentally sensitive fish farming, regulated by transparent government and commercial processes. We'll add to this page frequently, with the latest news, information about our activities and those of like-minded organisations elsewhere, and information about, …
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