Tasmanian Salmon Disaster Declared Finished
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A mass fish mortality event that hit the state’s aquaculture industry in the lower D’Entrecasteaux Channel has been officially declared over after the death, dispersal and disposal of 10,000 tonnes of salmon.
Deaths from the outbreak of marine bacterium piscirickettsia salmonis, which led to foul-smelling fish waste being washed up on Tasmanian beaches, has now fallen to below reportable thresholds.
One estimate put the total number of dead fish in the outbreak at two million, about 13 per cent of the local industry.
“Water temperatures are falling and there has been a significant decline..."
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