Salmon carcasses, fat clumps on Bruny Island - government must shut down fish farms
21/02/2025
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Bruny Island residents have supplied Bob Brown Foundation with shocking new images of salmon fat landing on their pristine beaches with the morbid addition of whole salmon carcasses washing ashore.
In a disgusting repeat of the incident at Verona Sands, this industrial, biological waste is now hitting Bruny Island.
Bob Brown Foundation is now demanding urgent action from the EPA and the Tasmanian Government to shut down disease-affected leases before the entire Huon and Channel is covered in the rotting flesh of farmed salmon.
"This is now solid proof that the industry has completely lost control of the disease outbreak that is causing so much death and suffering on these factory fish farms," said Alistair Allan, Antarctic and Marine campaigner at Bob Brown Foundation.
"This time, the entire length of a pristine beach on Bruny Island is covered in salmon fat, with the disgusting addition of whole salmon carcasses washing up too. This is a huge biosecurity breach and disaster. The EPA must act. They can no longer tell the public that they are looking into it – action is urgently required. The EPA should shut down all these farms and investigate immediately."
"Bruny Island is a tourism hotspot for Tasmania. It is one of the jewels of our world-renowned, unique environment. The Tasmanian Government cannot let visitors to our state walk amongst salmon fat and dead salmon on their visits to this pristine place. These salmon deaths are a devastating blow to the clean green image of Brand Tasmania. It has to be addressed immediately. Prime Minister Albanese must realise that by backing in foreign-owned fish farms to save a handful of jobs, he is risking Tasmania's huge tourism industry and the thousands of people it employs," said Alistair Allan.