Since the commencement of salmon farming in Long Bay it has been burdened by the pollution from salmon pens and the expansion that has occurred and the damage that has been done...
Confirmation Tassal have applied to the Federal Government to dose their Okehampton Bay fish farm lease with Florfenicol will shock East Coast residents and recreational fishers.
Catching an antibiotic free feed for Christmas lunch is off the table for many coastal communities with news Huon Aquaculture will be dumping the antibiotic florfenicol.
It was divulged in Budget Estimates some 700kg of the antibiotic florfenicol has been released into the D’Entrecasteaux Channel by salmon farming companies in less than two weeks.
The EPA confirmed around 700kg of the new antibiotic, florfenicol, has been dumped into the D’Entrecasteaux Channel by salmon farming companies in the last 13 days.
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..