Information released by the Tasmanian government today showing that Florfenicol is now being detected in wild fish, including Abalone and Rock Lobster as far as 10kms away from the nearest factory fish farm.

This is the scandalous yet predicted outcome by environmental groups and scientists due to the Tasmanian Governments rushed support of the desire of huge corporations to dump these antibiotics in public waters.

The marine environment and the livelihoods of other commercial fisherman have been sacrificed on the altar of the big salmon corporations.

Bob Brown Foundation is calling for the immediate halt of antibiotics in Tasmania’s marine environment and for fish farms to be removed.

“The fact that fish farm antibiotics are being found in abalone 10kms away from a factory fish farm shows just how contaminated Tasmania’s waters are becoming, and it is an environmental disaster, with the toxic salmon companies being directly responsible for this damage,” said Alistair Allan, Antarctic and Marine Campaigner at the Bob Brown Foundtaion.

“Despite all the evidence of damage done in Chile by the same antibiotic, the Tasmanian government chose to condemn our own ecosystems at the behest of the big salmon corporations, and the damaging impacts are now becoming real.These factory fish farms are an environmental catastrophe, from our rivers to the seas, and they have to be removed now,” said Alistair Allan.