[BITList] Fwd: 1.35 million dead salmon

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Frank --


Did you see the news this week? The truth about the Macquarie Harbour 
fish kills has finally come out – leaked to the media by someone in 
Government with a conscience.

Sprung on live radio, the Director of Tasmania’s EPA was forced to 
confirm that a staggering number - *1.35 MILLION salmon* - were killed 
in Macquarie Harbour over summer.

Thousands of you petitioned the salmon companies to release this 
information – but all three companies and the government refused to.

Click here to get this information in front of as many Australians 
buying salmon as possible! 
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We’re told the majority of these fish died of disease. But what 
proceeded disease outbreaks in Macquarie Harbour was 5 years of criminal 
mismanagement – over-stocking that created faecal mounds, bacteria mats 
and marine dead zones on the seafloor; oxygen levels so low salmon swam 
around with their mouths gaping open, desperate for breathe.

*If you keep animals in this environment, they get sick and die.*

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/POMV (Pilchard orthomyxovirus) is the disease that has broken out in 
Macquarie Harbour. Impacts include haemorrhages in the eye, gills and 
skin and necrosis in the liver, kidney and heart. /

In any other industry this number of dead animals would trigger a public 
investigation. *But did you know that fisheries companies are exempt 
from animal welfare laws?* This legal loophole dates back to a time 
before scientists had done the research to establish that fish feel pain.

*So what are we going to do about it?*

Tasmania’s politicians refuse to stand up to the salmon companies – 
which are the biggest fisheries companies in Australia. That is why we 
need to communicate directly to Australians buying salmon.

You have already funded us to develop a shopping guide on salmon that 
tells people the truth about animal welfare and environmental damage and 
gives a colour rating of the three companies’ performance – Green, 
Amber, or in the case of Macquarie Harbour, RED.  We’ve done the 
research, we’ve given it to an independent scientific expert for peer 
review and we’ve fundraised to post copies of the salmon guide to 
restaurants and community groups all around Australia.

*But if we’re going to compete with the marketing budget of Austalia’s 
largest fisheries companies, we need to launch our shopping guide with a 
bang, and get it in front of as many Australians who eat salmon as 
possible.*

Social media makes this possible./For around $0.75, we can get one new 
person to click on our salmon guide and read the truth about what is 
happening in Tasmania./ Alone, we wouldn’t get very far. But if we all 
chip in, together we can invest in some facebook real estate.

/And we’re a charity –/ so /your donation is fully tax deductibe./

*Click here to get Australian's eyes and ears on the truth about the 
salmon on their plates. * 
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For our oceans,

*Laura Kelly,*

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*/Strategy Director, Environment Tasmania./*

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