Instead of forcing Tassal to remove fish, they’ve been allowed to set up tarps under cages to capture thousands of tonnes of fish faeces.
The Minister for Primary Industries refused to commit to not changing laws or licence conditions, again, to help Tassal.
Tassal has breached 19 Aquaculture Stewardship Council standards in Macquarie Harbour. Dissolved oxygen levels are so low, life is suffocating.
The reduced biomass cap announced by the EPA yesterday confirms the atrocious state of Macquarie Harbour.
They have been shocked to encounter over the recent months an increasing amount of marine debris that is fish farm refuse.
We have credible information that Tassal has, again, discovered diseased and dead salmon in the low oxygen waters of their Macquarie Harbour operations.
The Liberal and Labor parties have rejected the Greens' move to establish a Parliamentary Inquiry into fish farm expansion in Tasmania.
The EPA must step in and halt any plans Tassal has to dredge the seabed in Macquarie Harbour.
The Minister for Primary Industries, unaware of any problems, undertook to seek advice from the Environment Protection Authority.
An RTI released yesterday shows yet another breach by Tassal of its permit conditions to farm in Macquarie Harbour.