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The Mercury reported on an Inquiry into Australia's food security where newly appointed Salmon Tasmania Lobbyist Lyle Howard was asked about the future of the Salmon industry operating in Tasmanian Waters.
As reported in The Mercury (30 March 2023), the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) and leading marine scientists have panned new draft regulations for the industry. The EDO has called for a pause in the development of the new regulations, which they say are unclear, below international best practice and are not based on the best available...
A major conference based in Iceland witnessed the impact of Tasmanian industrial Atlantic salmon feedlots on the state's waterways. The conference, in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, viewed the Neighbours of Fish Farming film Toxic Tsunami featuring independent MP, Kristie Johnston. You can view it here.
The Tasmanian government was warned today that the growing movement against industrial salmon feedlots in coastal waters would spill into the next state elections. The warning came as more than 100 watercraft and 400 people on the beach gathered for the Join In Salmon Out protest at Coningham Beach on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel today.
The Federal Government is investigating the introduction of mandatory seafood labelling for the hospitality industry. Submissions have now closed, but you can read NOFF's here.
Right to Information documents obtained by the Tasmanian Inquirer reveal that Tassal sought to block the public release of monitoring reports submitted to the Environment Protection Agency after using more than two tonnes of antibiotics at two of its fish farms. The Tasmanian salmon industry has used more than 31.4 tonnes of antibiotics in marine...
In what is being heralded as one of the world's largest fish farm projects, the aquaculture development company Pure Salmon has signed a £420m (A$755m) deal with the Saudi government to build a huge RAS facility in Saudi Arabia.
Legitimate questions about the fate of protected fur seals spotted in a Tassal salmon pen in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel provoked industry ire today (see below). "The industry's defensiveness is not unexpected' says Peter George, president of the Tasmanian Alliance for Marine Protection (TAMP). "Considering its track record of causing seal deaths...
