An Australia-wide poll has revealed how out of step Tasmanian Federal and State politicians are in prioritising the Atlantic salmon industry over community expectations.
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In a flagrant act of pork barreling, Prime Minister Albanese is subsidising the polluting multinational salmon industry in Macquarie Harbour instead of acting to prevent the extinction of the threatened Maugean skate and helping Tasmania's West Coast communities transition to sustainable jobs.
US groups Corporate Accountability Lab and the Southern Shrimp Alliance co-filed a formal complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission requesting action against false or deceptive advertising or marketing-related activities by the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification scheme, operated by the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA).
Woolworths shareholders heard today from Tasmanians calling for the supermarket to remove industrial Atlantic salmon produced in Macquarie Harbour from its supply chain. Campaigners challenged the supermarket at its AGM in Sydney to take the action to help prevent the extinction of Maugean skate in the waterway.
Protests outside Woolworths stores in most Australian capital cities reached thousands of consumers today as campaigners called on the supermarket to stop stocking industrial Atlantic salmon from Tasmania's remote Macquarie Harbour.
Federal Minister Tanya Plibersek's department has announced that the assessment timeframe for deciding whether to list the endangered Maugean Skate as critically endangered has been extended by a year "to enable enough time to consider public comments and to finalise the assessment." This delay by Commonwealth scientists must not be used as an...
