Tasmanian Commercial Fishers Warned About Potential Antibiotic Contamination From Salmon Pens
There are concerns the international export of some seafood caught in Tasmanian waters could be put at risk due to an antibiotic being used to treat farmed salmon.
Commercial fishers have been warned that driving their boats through water near some salmon pens could be enough for their onboard catch to absorb traces of the antibiotic.
The state's salmon industry has been using the drug florfenicol in its pens south of Hobart since November, in response to a bacterial disease outbreak.
In a recent letter, the...
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