Environment – Florphenicol use in Fish farms
There was a lot of numbers and I might have missed it, but I think it was in the order of 700 kilograms of florfenicol have been used in a month. It would be helpful, through you,
There was a lot of numbers and I might have missed it, but I think it was in the order of 700 kilograms of florfenicol have been used in a month. It would be helpful, through you,
Through you minister, a question to the director of the EPA. I want to ask a question about the total permissible dissolved nitrogen output in Storm Bay. First, what is the current
Does the EPA have the power to issue a stop-work order, or equivalent, to a finfish licence holder that would require them to destock pens in the event of a breach of an ...
Noting that this is about environmental assessment. After the 2025 salmon mortality event. The EPA commenced an investigation into the event. Including: "Various investigative ...
This is about broad environmental regulation issues which the EPA is responsible for and what influence, if you like, industry has on regulatory decisions made by the Environment..
Minister, the government has committed to limiting salmon production to 40,000 tonnes in Storm Bay and that's come from negotiations between the Secretary of NRE and the CEOs of...
The overuse of antibiotics in Chile has led to Chilean salmon agriculture having one of the highest rates of antibiotic consumption per tonne of harvested fish in the world.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff has confirmed in Budget Estimates that the use of florfenicol is the direct cause of shutdowns applied to the southern rock lobster industry.
When Long Bay was first announced as a place for salmon farming people were absolutely shocked. It has a very poorly flushed area and it has been seriously degraded over the years.
The news that multinational salmon corporations have been green-lighted to use florfenicol in public waters has outraged coastal communities and recreational fishers.