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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge

A salmon farm in Macquarie Harbour
Environmentalists say salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour will kill off the Maugean skate. Photograph: crbellette/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Anthony Albanese plans to rush through contentious legislation next week to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from a legal challenge over the industry’s impact on an endangered fish species.

The future of the salmon industry on the state’s west coast has become a sharp political issue centred on whether it can coexist with the Maugean skate, a ray-like species found only in Macquarie Harbour’s brackish estuarine waters.

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