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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.

Blue Economy CRC's aquaculture research trial in Bass Strait has begun with the loss of a solar panel, some plastic buoys and plastic parts from the bird net restraints, in three separate incidents in June and July. A BECRC spokesperson said that the losses during the commissioning period are "regrettable", and occurred in spite of their zero...

Tasmania's largest salmon producer was fined $78,000 for breaching environmental permit condition at a hatchery on the Tyenna River, a tributary of the Derwent River.

The Chilean FNE ( National Economic Prosecutor's Office) has alleged that BioMar, Skretting, and Salmofood colluded to fix prices between 2003 and 2015.

On Friday 27 June, and again on Wednesday 2 July NOFF contacted 29 of the 31 Franklin electorate candidates by email, with a survey designed so we could share each candidate's views on salmon farming with you. Two of the candidates proved uncontactable. Our survey period has now closed. We have responses from the Greens and the Peter George group....

For the past seven years, open pen salmon farming in Long Bay, Port Arthur has caused serious pollution, algal blooms, seagrass loss and damage to reef ecosystems. Based on an independent scientific review, we believe that this lease and the associated licenses should not be renewed.