The Greens welcome the proposal from the APVMA to suspend the Tasmanian salmon industry’s permit for florfenicol.
This decision is an indictment on the Liberal Government, who never should’ve supported the rushed approval of the antibiotic in Tasmanian waterways.
They’ve consistently dismissed concerns of the community and local fishing industry, even yesterday as the antibiotic was recorded in wild fish more than ten kilometres away from salmon pens.
Premier Rockliff now has no other option. He must stop supporting the salmon industry’s use of the florfenicol in Tasmanian waters and require diseased pens be destocked immediately.
