Environment Regulator Releases Report on Mass Salmon Deaths

Bungle as dead fish matter washes up on beaches

There were multiple failures as thousands of tonnes of salmon were killed, a new EPA report finds.

'Delayed decisions' during mass salmon farm deaths

There were multiple failures during a mass die-off of farmed salmon, including slow and inaccurate information from the...

Environment regulator releases report on mass salmon deaths

The state's environment watchdog has released a debrief of lessons and reflections from a mass salmon mortality event in which dead fish washed up on Tasmanian beaches.

Regulators weigh industry code and tighter reporting after die-offs

Review urges Chile-style controls and stronger heatwave planning. A Tasmanian government debrief into last summer’s salmon mass mortality event has found that a lack of accurate and timely information from operators delayed critical decision-making and undermined public messaging. The review, published on Monday, also highlights coordination and waste-logistics challenges and proposes ten actions, including consideration [...]

Failures in salmon mass mortality event response outlined in report

Tasmania’s aquaculture industry had no plan in place when a salmon mass mortality event took place earlier this year and delayed providing information to regulators while chunks of fish were washing up on Southern beaches, a new report has confirmed.