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The Green Britain Foundation has released video footage of sick, diseased salmon in Macquarie Harbour – and it raises some serious alarm bells for the critically endangered Maugean skate. Their underwater investigation, carried out by the GBF research team, shows the grim reality under the surface – salmon farms pumping out disease right alongside...
More than 6000 people gathered on Parliament Lawns, Hobart for Bob Brown Foundation's rally to vote salmon out! The huge attendance sends a direct message to all political parties that the issue of toxic Tasmanian farmed salmon is a front and centre election issue. Bob Brown Foundation is calling for the factory fish farms to be removed from...
Neighbours of Fish Farming continues its targeted action against the unsustainable industrial salmon industry. Ads satirising the 'Come down for Air' tourism campaign begin on SBS and Channel 7 this evening. The TV ads follow a storm of negative press for the industry that has persisted for months. Scandals have emerged daily about diseased salmon...
NOFF today officially launches Off the table in Australia, calling on chefs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses to take farmed Atlantic salmon off their menus this Easter – and beyond. Tasmanian and mainland food industry leaders have joined the campaign.
The Australia Institute highlights the damage done to Tasmanian waterways by Industrial farmed salmon in this latest arresting and powerful ad, featuring globally celebrated author Richard Flanagan. The video also covers the recent gutting of Federal environment laws, allowing them to be bypassed by the foreign owned salmon farming companies, and...
Oxygen levels in the deep waters of several fjords on Norway's west coast have fallen by around 15 percent over the past 30 years, according to a new government report. The main causes are climate change and nutrient waste from fish farming, agriculture, wastewater, and industry. One-third of the decline is attributed to climate-related warming,...
Newly released government data revealed that Huon Aquaculture used 96.4% of the underwater explosives deployed against seals in the last half of 2024. The underwater explosives, called 'seal crackers' in the industry, produce a loud noise and a flash of light. The salmon industry has used more than 145,000 explosive devices in Tasmanian waters...
The Norwegian government will introduce a new regulatory framework based on a tax on mortality and escapes, and tradable lice emission quotas. The reforms are intended to strengthen incentives for good environmental performance, fish welfare, and sustainable growth.
