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 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 EPA's monitoring data report for salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour won't be news to anyone who watched the Four Corners' exposé.
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 baseline data for Okehampton Bay shared publicly is the last nail in the coffin for the planned East Coast fish farm expansion.
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s recommendation that Petuna gets a “good stewardship” credit for their Macquarie Harbour fish farms is deeply flawed.
A recent release through right to information confirms that dissolved oxygen levels and subsequent disease outbreaks continue to be a problem for fish farms.
The government is finally releasing information about water quality problems in Macquarie Harbour, with the publication of the Cawthron review.