Minister, a cross‑section of the community is desperately calling on you to do what's needed to be done for to protect Tasmania's environment.
Minister, just a couple of questions about the impact that the salmon industry is having on Tasmania's native birds. Can you clarify how many native birds have been shot by the Tasmanian salmon industry since the start of 2024 and what weapon or implement was being used to shoot the native birds?
Minister, I have a couple of questions about the expansion of the smolt hatchery at Whale Point in the Huon. Huon Aquaculture is proposing to intensify their production there from 500 tonnes to 786 tonnes standing biomass at any one time, and they're proposing to increase a maximum standing biomass of 1446 tonnes by adding an extra 660 tonnes of capacity.Can you please tell me whether the government will be subsidising this expansion and, if so, to what extent, and what the timeline you understand there will be for the expansion of that finfish industry in the Huon?
Jeff Baker is a fly fisher who has been visiting Tasmania for 30 years. The Tasmanian Inquirer reports that what he has discovered about the South Esk River has shocked him. The river appears to him to be biologically dead with few fish, no insect life and highly acidic water.
According to data from NRET, there is an ongoing, very high‑level use of crackers or explosives in the salmon industry. NRET data shows that 1800 of these explosives were used by multinational foreign corporations in Tasmanian waters in the first six months of this year for an industry that your government calls best practice.
Is it any wonder a so-called ‘review’, paid for by Salmon Tasmania, has tried to cast doubt on the impact salmon farming is having on the Maugean Skate in Macquarie Harbour?
It’s deeply disturbing that aquaculture companies around Tasmania are continuing the cruel practice of bombing and shooting projectiles at native fur seals.
New advice from the Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee about the Maugean skate could not be any clearer – industrial fish farming in Macquarie Harbour is driving this ancient species towards extinction, and urgent action must be taken.
This week the first captive-born Maugean skate arrived in a tank, an egg laid in captivity at Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).
We have a long and sorry history on this island of government and its entities being too close to industry.