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Ethan James

RSPCA pulls approval for salmon farm after mass deaths

Protesters are against moves to protect salmon farming on Tasmania's west coast. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's peak animal welfare body has withdrawn its approval for a salmon farm after vision captured live fish being "inhumanely" sealed in boxes with dead ones.

Huon Aquaculture farms in Tasmania's southeast have been among those involved in mass deaths that resulted in 5500 tonnes of salmon being dumped in February.

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