Piscirickettsia Salmonis Archives

On Salmon Mortality and Petuna …

Media release – Environment Tasmania, 27 Jan 2026 4 Million farmed salmon dead in the water in 2025 EPA documents show an...

Emergency Antibiotic Threatens Salmon Export Markets 6

Emergency Antibiotic Threatens Salmon Export Markets 7

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Emergency Antibiotic Threatens Salmon Export Markets

Huon (JBS) commenced Florfenicol treatment at their Zuidpool North lease 12 November 2025

Government’s Fake Pause Will Allow Salmon to Die Again 8

Government’s Fake Pause Will Allow Salmon to Die Again 9

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Government’s Fake Pause Will Allow Salmon to Die Again

The leader of the Greens is calling on the Liberal government to enforce destocking of diseased salmon pens, arguing that the government’s...

Potato Virus Puts Pressure on Tasmanian Farmers 11

Potato Virus Puts Pressure on Tasmanian Farmers 12

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Potato Virus Puts Pressure on Tasmanian Farmers

The Tasmanian government has confirmed the detection of the potato mop-top virus now at eight sites across the state, prompting new importation...

Salmon Industry - A Call for a Meaningful Review 15

Salmon Industry - A Call for a Meaningful Review 16

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Salmon Industry – A Call for a Meaningful Review

Tasmania’s salmon industry is at a crossroads. Following a recent mass mortality event, the state’s Premier, Jeremy Rockliff, has initiated a three-pronged...

Tasmanian Salmon Antibiotics Could Create Health Crisis 17

Tasmanian Salmon Antibiotics Could Create Health Crisis 18

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Tasmanian Salmon Antibiotics Could Create Health Crisis

The use of salmon farm antibiotics creates drug-resistant bacteria threatening human health warns Professor Felipe Cabello

Escalating Crisis in Tasmania's Salmon Industry 19

Escalating Crisis in Tasmania's Salmon Industry 20

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Escalating Crisis in Tasmania’s Salmon Industry

A crisis is unfolding in Tasmania’s Atlantic salmon industry following a new outbreak of the Piscirickettsia salmonis disease in Huon Aquaculture pens...

Ten Million Kilograms of Diseased and Dead Salmon 28

Ten Million Kilograms of Diseased and Dead Salmon 29

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Ten Million Kilograms of Diseased and Dead Salmon

Between September 2023 and March 2024, over a 7 month period, Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour experienced a significant salmon mortality event, with approximately...