Death toll sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare legislation over mass fish deaths ...

Tasmania's Natural Resources and Environment Department has warned commercial fishers that driving their boats near some salmon pens could result in their onboard catch absorbing traces of the ...

Tasmania's salmon industry has faced considerable controversy in recent months. From mass fish deaths to animal cruelty claims, salmon escapes, algal blooms and claims salmon farming is threatening ...

Environment Tasmania has filed an OECD complaint against Australian retailer Woolworths Group for continuing to source salmon from Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour, citing risks to the endangered Maugean ...

Australian salmon farmers are grappling with "unprecedented mortalities" in southeast Tasmania, according to companies in the state. Their stocks are facing a new strain of rickettsia-like organism or ...

Salmon pens belonging to the Tassal company located off Charlotte Cove, in the d'Entrecasteaux Channel in Tasmania. - Copyright AFP Gregory PLESSE Salmon pens ...

East Tasmania waters in recent days has been confirmed as harmless and naturally occurring after activists and a state MP suggested it could be damaging to the environment and human health.

The peak industry body, Salmon Tasmania, has labelled the accusation an “irresponsible beat-up”, while independent Franklin MP Peter George has called for the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to ...