State Government Must Prohibit All Use of Florfenicol in Tasmania’s Waters IMMEDIATELY: NRE Latest Results Show Antibiotics Found in Multiple Native Species — 10 kms from Salmon Pens.

NOFF demands the state government and salmon industry come out of hiding and immediately act on the impending decimation of Tasmania's local fisheries. 

The release of florfenicol detection in six of Tasmania's native species 10 kms from industrial salmon pens by the NRE is shocking. Everyone, not least of all local fishers, should be very worried about the future of Tasmania's export economy.

The fact one industry can have such a consequential effect on so many other industries, the waterways and our communities is outrageous and unacceptable.

"How can a foreign-owned, multi-national industry come before the livelihoods of small operators, and the health of Tasmanians— including its tourism industry which supports thousands more jobs?" says, Lisa Litjens, Vice President, NOFF. " Clean and green was once a proud claim but it's now a lie."