Intrafish reports that many local restaurants now refuse to offer salmon farmed in open pens. They advertise openly on a special website, and display signs in their windows, stating that they have removed industrially farmed salmon from their menus.
News
Stay abreast of the issues - browse here, or search our site (here's how)
New research released by The Australia Institute today highlights the modest jobs numbers and tax payments by the Tasmanian salmon industry.
NOFF welcomes positive news that the Federal Environment minister is taking the potential extinction of the Maugean skate in Macquarie Harbour seriously. But NOFF urges Tanya Plibersek to act quickly and not to order a drawn-out reëxamination of the science that already clearly indicates the Atlantic salmon industry is the main driver of the threat...
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has indicated that salmon companies could be forced to pause farming operations in Macquarie Harbour as part of a broader effort to protect the endangered Maugean skate (Mercury, 7 Nov 2023, paywalled).
The Icelandic singer and activist is releasing a single with Spanish star Rosalía to support action against intensive salmon farming. She talks about being a guardian of Iceland's wilderness and how young people will make real change.
Tasmania's salmon industry in September said it would partner with Australia's fisheries research body in a major initiative to artificially boost oxygen levels in Macquarie Harbour.
"The $2.1million spend amounts to a further subsidy paid for by the Tasmanian public to prolong the Industry's unsustainable presence in the harbour. Salmon absolutely needs to be out of the harbour to restore the dissolved oxygen levels and protect the final critical habitat for the skate for generations to come."
The team charged with planning the protection of the endangered Maugean skate in Macquarie Harbour has issued a second communique that utterly fails to address the mostly urgent issues.
