Protest targets Australia's environment minister over salmon farming in Tasmania

Published 2024년 6월 4일

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An environmental group, Neighbors of Fish Farming (NOFF), has installed a billboard criticizing Australian Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek for her role in approving the expansion of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbor, which they claim is driving the Maugean skate towards extinction. The group is also urging seafood certification bodies to withdraw certifications from farms in the harbor and supermarket chains are accused of 'greenwashing' by misleading consumers about the sourcing of salmon. The university's study links the decline of the Maugean skate to aquaculture, but the salmon industry insists it is working with the government on conservation efforts, including a new program to increase dissolved oxygen levels in the harbor.
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An environmental group pushing for the government of Tasmania to stop salmon farming in Macquarie Harbor has erected a billboard targeting Australian Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek, claiming her decisions on salmon farming is pushing the Maugean skate to extinction.The billboard is the latest move in an ongoing push by Neighbors of Fish Farming (NOFF) to remove salmon and trout farms in Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania.The organization has also urged seafood certification bodies GlobalG.A.P. and the Global Seafood Alliance to withdraw certifications from farms in Macquarie Harbor over their potential impacts to the skate. The Maugean skate is endemic to Macquarie Harbor and has existed as a species for over 60 million years, but its population has been in decline in recent years. NOFF says commercial aquaculture is to blame and is demanding Plibersek reverse federal approval for aquaculture expansion in the bay. "Minister Plibersek's had more than enough time to ...

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