Nowhere else on earth

Our Marine Campaign: Nowhere else on earth While all Australians know about the Great Barrier Reef, very few know that Tasmania is a unique, global hot spot for marine biodiversity. 90 per cent of Tasmania’s marine life is found nowhere else on earth. Giant underwater kelp forests, the endangered spotted handfish, the Macquarie Island cormorant […]
Make salmon farmers clean up their mess

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Our Marine Campaign: Nowhere else on earth

While all Australians know about the Great Barrier Reef, very few know that Tasmania is a unique, global hot spot for marine biodiversity. 90 per cent of Tasmania’s marine life is found nowhere else on earth. Giant underwater kelp forests, the endangered spotted handfish, the Macquarie Island cormorant – these are just some of the species that only exist in Tasmania, the gateway to Antarctica. Unfortunately just 1 per cent of Tasmania’s marine environment is properly protected. Industrial, feedlot salmon farming is one of the biggest threats to Tasmania’s marine values. The industry doesn’t bother to capture its waste, which just settles on the sea floor and enters the water column. The industry dumps at least 10.6 million kilograms of salmon poo in our oceans each year, and Tasmania’s current laws allow 100 per cent of marine life on the seafloor under salmon pens to be killed. Unfortunately, the industry is expanding into important conservation areas – like endangerd whale calving habitat on Tassie’s stunning east coast. 

YOU CAN HELP, by taking one moment to sign our petition to Australia’s biggest supermarkets. They are the biggest buyers and sellers of Tasmanian farmed salmon and their buying policies have all the power to make salmon farmers clean up their mess. 
CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION: Thanks you so much for standing up for Tasmania’s rare and endangered marine life. 

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Campaign Details

Group Leading this Campaign: Environment Tasmania

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Who this Campaign is Targeting: Australia's biggest supermarkets, you

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Campaign Ran From: 2012 to 2022

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Outcome Evidence: According to Environment Tasmania: the work by Environment Tasmania and other groups was a major factor in the establishment of a Legislative Council Inquiry into the industry. In 2022, the final report was published. It contained recommendations relating to how the industry should be regulated to overcome the problems that Environment Tasmania and others identified. Most of these recommendations have yet to be instated, including the critically important Recommendation 3: “...to reduce inshore fin fish farming sites, with priority given to ceasing operations in sensitive, sheltered and biodiverse areas.” Furthermore, the Environment Defenders Office June 2024 website highlights how new proposed laws will not address the fact that 'Industrial salmon farming is having serious impacts on Tasmania’s sensitive marine habitats and threatened species.' Given the ongoing impacts, this campaign has not yet achieved its goals but is still ongoing. (Ascertained June 2024).

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