The image of dead fish and chunks of rotten flesh washing up on Tasmania's beaches is not one the public will forget soon, and not one the market should ever forget.
As summer rolls on into autumn, we know that millions of diseased salmon are continuing to die a horrible death in pens across southern Tasmania.
We already know diseased salmon are being processed for human consumption. We are hearing of multiple recent cases of gastrointestinal illness following the consumption of salmon.
Images of dead salmon being pumped from a Tasman Peninsula lease over the weekend show we are witnessing the biggest biosecurity disaster in recent Tasmanian history.
The Tasmanian Greens welcome the RSPCA's decision to permanently revoke certification of Huon Aquaculture’s industrially farmed salmon.
Amid an ongoing animal welfare crisis caused by salmon farming corporations the Greens are calling on the RSPCA to permanently cancel Huon Aquaculture’s certification.
Parliament has now backed stronger donations’ disclosure laws. Despite this, Premier Rockliff refused to reveal whether Big Salmon donate to the Liberal Party
The Greens tabled an extraordinary petition of 1367 signatures on behalf of coastal communities of southern Lyons. Despite this, the Premier refused to acknowledge their concerns.
Estimates suggest salmon deaths in the mortality event are into the millions, but the Rockliff Government is still unable to be precise about the bacteria responsible.
A spokesperson from Biosecurity Tasmania has confirmed that the bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis has been found in farmed salmon stocks.