80+ groups demand farmed salmon accreditations stop greenwashing Maugean skate extinction
25/07/2023
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Brazilian giant, JBS, whose owners did jail time for bribing 1,800 politicians, is threatening to export its corrupt culture to Australia by bringing no fewer than 1,500 of its workers to our shores. They say the intake will address the need of the protein giant to "maintain its culture in the various markets it entered" (Australian Financial...
A devastating report of the enormous environmental damage, and repeated massive salmon mortalities, in the farmed salmon industry in Chile. These impacts are many and varied: escaped fish prey on native species, and compete with native fish for food. Pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals given to fish or applied on farms work their way...
In another doomed attempt by the Tasmanian salmon industry to restore its ruined reputation, its newly-formed lobby group today launched a publicity campaign at a lunchtime event in the Huon Valley. The campaign centres on a document that attempts to highlight the industry's contributions to Tasmania while ignoring the damage it inflicts on the...
Rare Maugean skate seen at Cygnet
24/06/2023
A rare and elusive Maugean skate has been spotted at the annual Cygnet Lantern Parade. The Maugean skate lives only in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast, and is threatened with extinction, largely because of pollution from the industrial salmon farming operations in that fragile environment.
As reported in the Mercury (21 June) the Australia Institute has called for the urgent removal of all salmon farming from Macquarie Harbour, to protect the last habitat of the endangered Maugean skate. Macquarie Harbour is the last place in the world the species – dubbed the Tasmanian tiger of the seas – is known to exist.
An ABC investigation has revealed that industrial waste – including salmon waste – is not being properly managed or processed. The report shows that Tasmania is struggling to deal with its industrial waste, challenging the clean green image the state has been promoting for decades. Following waste from its source sheds light on a labyrinth of...
Global groups: Federal Environment Minister - act immediately to prevent extinction of Maugean skate
04/06/2023
Tasmania boasts imagery of the thylacine on its state logo, yet as a symbol, the animal's extinction is a national shame—and we are about to repeat a sad history. A global coalition of organisations actively campaigning against the destructive industrial processes that are damaging our oceans and waterways are urging Tanya Plibersek to adhere to...
