The Premier said he was putting the industry on notice and people assumed that meant the government would finally do their job of protecting the marine environment.
News the Liberal Government has fast-tracked the antibiotic florfenicol for salmon companies to use has gone off like a bomb in southern communities.
The Greens are extremely disappointed by the Terms of Reference for the Rockliff Government’s ‘study’ of the salmon industry.
The report did highlight communication breakdown between agencies, government and the community, and none of that is a surprise to the Greens.
The salmon industry were responsible for a catastrophe in Tasmanian waters earlier this year. It led to the Premier – rightly – putting the industry ‘on notice’.
Do you accept the industry's self‑regulation to date is the largest cause for the mass mortality event and will you compel the industry to change any practices to prevent another..
The government’s recently-released “debrief” of last summer’s mass salmon mortality event is not worth the paper it’s written on.
The Greens welcome the Rockliff Government’s decision to change the Terms of Reference for their study of the salmon industry to ensure recommendations are made.
If the Premier is serious about a collaborative and honest government, he must have the Terms of Reference for the ‘review’ of the salmon industry withdrawn and rewritten.
The salmon industry hides behind commercial‑in-confidence exemptions to keep Tasmanians in the dark about basic information. They operate in public waterways.
