Your government's lack of transparency and failure to regulate the salmon industry is exactly why a CSIRO survey has shown a collapse in Tasmanian support for salmon farming.
A basic matter of transparency, Premier, to stop your government's covering for the industry and tell us how much florfenicol has gone into public waterways.
Tasmanians are concerned about the marine environment and feel negatively about the salmon industry, according to a new CSIRO survey.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has just suspended the salmon industry's permit to use the controversial antibiotic florfenicol in Tasmanian waters.
Right now, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is considering whether to suspend the permit for florfenicol in Tasmania's south-east waters.
Documents obtained using Right to Information laws validate the questions and concerns the Greens and environmentalists have been raising for months about the use of florfenicol.
Florfenicol has been found in wild caught fish, including abalone and lobsters, up to ten kilometres away from salmon farms, according to a statement published by NRE Tas.
After Greens and community pressure, a new Direction has been issued under the Biosecurity Act that finally requires stricter requirements for reporting farmed salmon mortalities.
The closure of a further area of the southern rock lobster fishery due to the florfenicol used by salmon farming companies is deeply disappointing.
Tassal has expanded the use of the antibiotic florfenicol to their salmon pens at Roaring Beach, according to the EPA.