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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.
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.
