Labor have finally made it clear they will join the Liberals in backing industry's short-term gains over the marine environment and long-term jobs.
Minister Rockliff has announced he plans to regulate where salmon farm expansions can occur in the future, and it will "most likely be in oceanic waters".
It's no surprise the Minister's hand-picked panel have agreed with Minister Rockliff and recommended approving Tassal's operations at Okehampton Bay.
The IMAS report reveals Macquarie Harbour in a state of environmental collapse, with seriously low oxygen levels.
By directing the destocking of salmon from the Franklin lease, the EPA has admitted the environmental damage that's occurred to the harbour.
Late last year, the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies produced a report for government on the health of Macquarie Harbour.
The Environment Protection Authority has lowered the maximum concentration of farmed fish in Macquarie Harbour down to 14,000 tonnes per hectare.
Junk science from the Primary Industry Minister’s department has been used to promote fish farm expansions at any cost.
The government still refuses to do what's needed to protect future jobs in the salmon farming industry.
The EPA's monitoring data report for salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour won't be news to anyone who watched the Four Corners' exposé.