Macquarie Harbour – Salmon Farming
It has been wrong, especially, for the biodiversity of Macquarie Harbour, with the impacts not just on the Maugean skate. Tassal salmon pens had dead zones.
It has been wrong, especially, for the biodiversity of Macquarie Harbour, with the impacts not just on the Maugean skate. Tassal salmon pens had dead zones.
The science is abundantly clear and the science has been abundantly clear for decades: this was never a good place to be putting these kind of fish.
It is Threatened Species Day and the minister for the Environment has just given an eloquent Speeches on behalf of industry.
It is National Threatened Species Day and, in a sorry gong for Tasmania, it is the anniversary of the last known thylacine.
Pressure is mounting for the fish farm industry's best practice certification to be axed for Macquarie Harbour operations
The recent research by IMAS has the ancient Maugean skate on the brink of extinction.
Before questioning from the Greens was shut down by the Liberals in GBE Estimates, Hydro confirmed it is joining a committee run by fish farm growers.
Has Hydro been requested to modify flows to ameliorate the dissolved oxygen levels in the harbour?
The new Premier has the chance to fix the state’s legislation and clean up fish farming in Tasmania.
Minister Barnett must come clean on reports of mass salmon escapes in degraded Macquarie Harbour.