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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.
In a flagrant act of pork barreling, Prime Minister Albanese is subsidising the polluting multinational salmon industry in Macquarie Harbour instead of acting to prevent the extinction of the threatened Maugean skate and helping Tasmania's West Coast communities transition to sustainable jobs.
US groups Corporate Accountability Lab and the Southern Shrimp Alliance co-filed a formal complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission requesting action against false or deceptive advertising or marketing-related activities by the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification scheme, operated by the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA).
