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One clear winner from the Tasmanian elections will be the state's marine life and waterways. The final makeup of the Parliament will ensure the multinational salmon industry will be held to account for the damage it does to the state's natural heritage.
Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins, authors of Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish, report in Time Magazine on why 865 million farmed salmon world wide have died in mass die-offs in the last decade. They cite a recent scientific study published in Nature Scientific Reports. The scientists blame the deaths on several factors,...
Eco-certifications BAP and GLOBAL.G.A.P. have dismissed formal complaints by conservation groups asking them to stop endorsing Macquarie Harbour salmon farms that are having a "catastrophic" impact on the endangered Maugean Skate.
An artwork Salmon Feast that draws attention to the damaging impact of industrial salmon farms in Tasmanian waters has won the $2000 first prize in the big annual art awards in the Huon Valley.
This week both Liberal and Labor have pledged unconditional support of the Salmon industry, currying favour amongst voters for the coming State election. Both major parties will continue supporting pollution of Hobart's drinking water catchment via flow through hatcheries, permit the continued evasion of corporate tax by the industry, in favour of...
Leading health media group Croakey Media leads with a strong article on NOFF's calls for health professionals not to recommend industrially-farmed Tasmanian salmon (there are alternatives). The well-researched article features extensive evidence citations and recommendations for further reading, and a video message from Jess Coughlan, NOFF...
Action to halt the outrageous misuse of antibiotics in the Atlantic salmon industry in Tasmania must be implemented urgently. Tasmania's peak marine protection body, TAMP, says there's now clear evidence that the multinational salmon companies have captured the Federal regulator of antibiotic use in animals.
Tasmania's major political parties must declare to voters whether they will continue to allow massive dumps of antibiotics by the salmon industry into public waters. News that hundreds of kilos of antibiotics have again been dumped into diseased salmon cages, resulting in wildfish harbouring antibiotic residues almost five times the legal limit,...
