A spokesperson from Biosecurity Tasmania has confirmed that the bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis has been found in farmed salmon stocks.
Salmon farming companies have caused pollution of Tasmania’s waterways, but Premier Rockliff’s response to Greens’ questions in Parliament about reining them in was disappointing.
Diseased fish have been dying in the hundreds of thousands. The putrid results are still washing up on some of southern Tasmania's most beautiful beaches
The EPA has confirmed what the public suspected – the fatty chunks washing ashore on Tasmanian beaches are a result of mass farmed salmon deaths.
In a shameless attempt to secure votes in Tasmania, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cosied up to salmon corporates and promised to hasten the extinction of the Maugean skate.
