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NOFF is appalled by revelations of more wildlife dying in Huon Aquaculture salmon farms. Documents released by the Tasmanian government state that four dolphins have been killed at their ocean net pen leases so far this year.

NOFF calls for a full baseline study to be a mandatory requirement of a full registration permit before another antibiotic is introduced to our public waterways. We call for the rejection of an emergency permit and subsequent lower standard of monitoring. We call for lower stocking densities across all biosecurity regions, especially the Huon River...

Recently NOFF has written to Tasmanian Government authorities about the salmon industry urgently requesting to use another antibiotic, about how wildlife interactions are handled, and we've also asked Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to meet with all of us.

Tassal's ASC accreditation at West of Wedge lease questioned after fifteen cormorants and a seal drowned at a salmon farm in southern Tasmania in June, the Tasmanian Inquirer reports, continuing their history of high quality investigative journalism.

The proposed review and 'pause' on salmon industry expansion by the Liberals is too late and not enough. The letter released today from Jeremy Rockliff to Independent crossbenchers Peter George and Craig Garland does nothing to allay concerns about the capture of our government by foreign-owned corporations.

It was revealed on ABC radio 15 August 2025 that Huon Aquaculture's salmon lease at Roaring Beach, south of Hobart, is infected with the deadly Rickettsia disease, and there are reports that the usual antibiotics are not effective. This follows massed salmon deaths last summer, resulting in oily balls of rotting salmon flesh washing up, first at...

A committee of the Greek Ministry of the Environment has announced its unanimous decision to cancel fish farm expansion on Poros. What this means is that the extreme plan to expand fish farming 28-fold along 25% of the tiny island's coastline — with a projected production of sea bass and sea bream surpassing that of France — will not go forward....

After a historic vote last year, the call is growing for supermarket Coles to help save the endangered Maugean Skate.