Macquarie Harbour Salmon Escape
Minister Barnett must come clean on reports of mass salmon escapes in degraded Macquarie Harbour.
Minister Barnett must come clean on reports of mass salmon escapes in degraded Macquarie Harbour.
Norfolk Bay residents are outraged by two massive salmon pens sitting off Lime Bay that from tomorrow Huon Aquaculture will begin filling.
The Minister for Primary Industries today refused to respond to allegations that 1,200 salmon a day are dying from POMV.
The Minister for Primary Industries, Sarah Courtney, dodged questions in Parliament on reports of mass salmon escapes and seal deaths.
The industry will be greatly relieved the government listened to their calls for on-island shellfish testing facilities.
Since 2012, the State's shellfish industries have been plagued with paralytic shellfish toxin, resulting in 50 Tasmanian farms being closed this year.
That this House notes Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome, the devastating virus affecting Tasmania’s oyster industry.