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Australian political leaders of both major parties are in blanket support of the toxic salmon industry in Tasmania, while internationally the same companies are being banned. Last week PM Albanese and Opposition Leader Dutton were in Tasmania spruiking their support for the salmon industry, the largest of which is Tassal, owned by Canadian salmon...
The State Board of Natural Resources for US Washington State has finalised an executive order banning all commercial netpen aquaculture in state waters, effectively making the entire US West Coast and Alaska now off-limits to netpen commercial fish farming. This codifies a ban that was first implemented unilaterally in 2022.
For millions of Britons, salmon is increasingly falling from favour: home cooks and restaurants are preferring trout instead. More than 300 UK chefs and restaurants are backing Off the Table, a campaign against eating farmed salmon run by the WildFish conservation charity – a number that has more than doubled over the past year.
In stark contrast to Tasmanian regulatory efforts, the Norwegian government unveiled its new Animal Welfare Policy on December 20, setting high goals for the seafood industry, and requiring systematic welfare improvements and reduced mortality.
Tasmania's environment department has fallen into line with the multinational salmon lobby in rejecting a decade of science warning the 60-million-year-old Maugean skate is facing extinction in Macquarie Harbour.
For Australians who love seafood, summer favourites such as prawns, oysters, lobster and farmed barramundi are sustainable options for a festive feast or barbecue, according to the GoodFish seafood guide, an initiative of the Australian Marine Conservation Society.
Multinational Atlantic salmon producers worked to hide mortality numbers in Macquarie Harbour this year, afraid that consumers would be appalled by the huge numbers of deaths. All three multinationals objected to the release of mortality figures sought by Neighbours of Fish Farming (NOFF) with Huon Aquaculture telling Ombudsman Tasmania that...
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.
