Jeff Baker is a fly fisher who has been visiting Tasmania for 30 years. The Tasmanian Inquirer reports that what he has discovered about the South Esk River has shocked him. The river appears to him to be biologically dead with few fish, no insect life and highly acidic water.
Rosalie Woodruff responds to the announcement that the Government will be approving a large fish farm off Betsy Island in Storm Bay.
It’s destructive for the Hodgman Government to continue to play favourites with the salmon industry above - and at the cost of - others.
I also want to pay tribute to a couple of other communities in Tasmania who have celebrated such important wins over the last couple of months.
Huon Aquaculture’s move to open a zombie finfish lease in Norfolk Bay for their POMV-infected salmon is a retrograde step.
Yesterday a broad coalition of people gathered outside this House to condemn the Government's salmon industry growth plan.
People in Orford are rightly outraged at the lack of communication and respect for the community to not have an open and transparent conversation about it.
The fin-fish farming expansion by Tassal into the east coast marine environment has caused enormous community concern.
The protest outside the Liberal Party Conference is another reminder of the strong opposition within the community to a supertrawler in Tasmanian waters.
Minister Rockliff needs to reveal to the Tasmanian public the intentions of the State government regarding the ongoing debacle that is the Geelong Star.