A crisis is unfolding in Tasmania’s Atlantic salmon industry following a new outbreak of the Piscirickettsia salmonis disease in Huon Aquaculture pens near Roaring Beach. The outbreak has prompted an urgent, fast-tracked application to federal regulators for an unapproved antibiotic, Florfenicol, as current antibiotics are proving ineffective. This has ignited a political firestorm, with independent … Continue reading Escalating Crisis in Tasmania’s Salmon Industry