Junk science from the Primary Industry Minister’s department has been used to promote fish farm expansions at any cost.
The EPA's plan to reduce the number of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour by a third is a desperate attempt to save the basin from total collapse.
The government still refuses to do what's needed to protect future jobs in the salmon farming industry.
The Four Corners report on our salmon industry raised serious allegations about an environmental catastrophe in Macquarie Harbour.
The EPA's monitoring data report for salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour won't be news to anyone who watched the Four Corners' exposé.
The scale of revelations on last night's Four Corners exposé of the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are immense.
News that the State Government have ignored advice from industry about conditions at Macquarie Harbour on three occasions is alarming.
The rapid expansion of fin-fish farming in the Huon and D'Entrecasteaux rivers has been highly damaging for the health of these waterways.
The Minister has requested an independent assessment by the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel of the 20-year-old lease at Okehampton Bay.
The Minister for Primary Industries made it clear in Parliament today he has no intention of limiting or stopping the expansion of Tassal onto the East Coast.