The closure of a further area of the southern rock lobster fishery due to the florfenicol used by salmon farming companies is deeply disappointing.
Confusing advice from the Department of Environment about salmon farm antibiotic use has left local rock lobster fishers reeling.
The Liberals’ guidelines for a new sardine and other small fish fishery are just more greenwashing from a government hell-bent on plundering Tasmanian waters for salmon feed.
This week the House of Assembly passed the Greens’ donation reform legislation, it's time the Liberal government to come clean on which vested interests are lining their coffers.
The proposition of a sardine fishery in Bass Strait has the Greens highly concerned the supertrawler fight of a decade ago will reignite all for the sake of industrial salmon food.
We want to focus on the proposal for a new small pelagic fish, including sardine, fishery off the north of Tasmania.
The impact on wild fish populations is significantly higher than has previously been reported.
In Parliament, Resources Minister Eric Abetz failed to explain why small pelagic fish should be plundered to establish a new industry to supply fish meal to Tasmanian salmon farms.
The architects behind the FB Margiris, the supertrawler that was defeated a decade ago, are back, this time with a plan to net the sardine and small pelagic fishes of Bass Strait..
Minister, is there data available on poaching instances, interdictions by Tasmania Police for abalone poaching and the like?
