Salmon farmer Tassal destocking Macquarie Harbour lease after EPA report
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A community meeting has been held in Strahan in Tasmania as part of salmon producer Tassal's recertification process for it's embattled fish farming practice. The meeting heard Tassal will lose Aquaculture Stewardship Council sustainability certification for one of its leases in Macquarie Harbour, which is currently being destocked. The EPA ordered Tassal to move all the fish from lease after studies showed the area under the pens is almost completely devoid of life.Featured:
Source: AM | Duration: 3min
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, water-pollution, environmentally-sustainable-business, strahan-7468
The federal environment department will inspect Salmon farms in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast today.
The farms have already been under scrutiny by the Tasmanian Environment Protection Agency with Australia's biggest Salmon company, Tassal being ordered to move all the Salmon out of one of its leases.
Locals at a community meeting in Strahan last night were told the health of the harbour is so bad, one of the producers will lose a key sustainability certificate.
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Randall Morrisson, Strahan sawmiller
Mark McDermott, Strahan local
