Tasmania's Thriving Salmon Farms Undergoing Senate Scrutiny
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Hobart Mercury] By Blair Richards - March 25, 2015 -
Tasmania's booming aquaculture industry is set to go under the national spotlight with the launch of a Senate inquiry into the sustainability of salmon farms.
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson successfully moved for the inquiry he hopes will address mounting concerns about the industry’s impact on Tasmania’s waterways.
“In the last few days we have heard publicly from former employees, the abalone industry and a mussel grower about the impacts of salmon farms, but the State Government continues to deny that there are any issues,” Senator Whish-Wilson said.
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