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 ...

Huon Aquaculture accounted for the deaths of at least three-quarters of seals killed at Tasmanian salmon farms since the start of last year, with new data showing the company released more than 8,000 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Huon Aquaculture and Tassal had both applied to amend their marine farming development Plans in the bay ...

Salmon companies are trying to manage the rickettsia bacterial outbreak and Huon Aquaculture has started to use antibiotics at one of its sites for fish that are unable to be vaccinated against ...

Huon Aquaculture blames Macquarie Harbour fish expansion on minister’s ‘defect’ decision A DEFECT in a federal minister’s decision meant salmon producer Tassal was able to expand its ...

In the 2022 book “ Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Your Favorite Fish,” Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins compare this kind of aquaculture to factory farming. (Mr.