As Tasmania’s factory fish farms become a graveyard for wildlife, Right to Information documents revealed by the Tasmanian Enquirer show that four dolphins were killed by entanglement in Huon Aquaculture pens.
News of the dolphins deaths come just a few weeks after the killing of a protected seal and 15 cormorants was also revealed by the Inquirer.
Bob Brown Foundation is calling for the prosecution of Huon Aquaculture for the dolphin deaths and for the Tasmanian Government to remove these wildlife death traps from Tasmania’s waters.
“The factory fish farms in Tasmania are a source of misery, destruction, cruelty and death. Tasmania’s waters used to be a safe haven for dolphins and seals: now they are death traps,” said Alistair Allan, Antarctic and Marine campaigner at BBF.
“Consumers will be horrified to know that their Tasmanian factory farmed salmon is tainted with the deaths of dolphins and seals. Huon Aquaculture should be prosecuted for the killing of these dolphins just like an ordinary citizen would be. The dolphins are protected species under the EPBC Act,” said Alistair Allan.