salmon giant Tassal tried to stop public release of report on antibiotic

salmon giant Tassal tried to stop public release of report on antibiotic

Source: abc

2/26/2023

Credit: Tassal

The head of Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority has confirmed the state's largest fish farmer tried to prevent a report on antibiotic use in its fish pens being released because it was 'commercial in confidence'.

Right to Information documents obtained by the Tasmanian Inquirer suggest Tassal used over 600kgs of antibiotics to combat an outbreak of the bacterial vibrio disease at a lease near Coningham in January last year.