The Latest Breaking News from Tassal

Warming seas threaten billion-dollar salmon industry

Climate change could cost Tasmania's salmon industry millions of dollars in revenue and force major changes to farming operations, a report has warned.

AAP · Oct 14

Dead Salmon Create Election Stink On Australian Island

On a tree-lined beach in Australia's rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand.

International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025

Remote harbour salmon farms record 1000-tonne deaths

Data released under right-to-information reveals more than 1000 tonnes of salmon died at a harbour where the future of fish farming is under a cloud.

AAP · Oct 24, 2024

Draft rules for Tasmanian salmon industry provide fewer protections than those in place, critics say

New environmental standards proposed for the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are blasted as "half-baked" and weaker than the ones already in place — but the industry defends its practises as "world class".

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Salmon company Tassal tried to block release of report on antibiotic use, documents show

Memo to Tasmania’s Environmental Protection Agency reveals standoff with company after more than two tonnes of oxytetracycline used at fish farms

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2023

Tasmanian salmon farms used more than a tonne of antibiotics in 2022 disease outbreaks

Tassal and Huon Aquaculture did not announce use of antibiotics, which may contribute to growth of antibiotic-resistant superbugs

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022

Foreign takeover of Tasmanian salmon farmer puts state’s marine life at risk, activists say

Cooke Aquaculture, which has a history of environmental controversies, acquired Tassal after shareholders backed billion-dollar deal

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2022

Tassal shareholders back foreign takeover

Shareholders of Australia's largest salmon producer Tassal have voted in favour of a takeover by Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture.

AAP · Nov 3, 2022

Tassal salmon takeover going ahead, but some locals concerned by Cooke's environmental breaches

The last remaining Australian-owned major salmon producer is set to be bought by seafood giant Cooke Aquaculture — and some say the Canadian company's environmental record is a worrying sign for what's to come.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

Tas whale stranding mission to scale down

There are no more surviving pilot whales following a mass stranding at a beach on Tasmania's west coast as plans to dispose of about 200 of the dead ramps up.

AAP · Sep 23, 2022