Marine Farming

FONB Responds to Independent Salmon Industry Study Consultation

July 12, 2026

Friends of North Bruny has lodged a submission in response to the Tasmanian Government’s consultation on the Draft Study Plan and Draft Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the Independent Study of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry. This consultation was about the process...

JoinINSalmonOUT Protest Details

March 17, 2023

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD … LOUD AND CLEAR Joininsalmonout Protest this Saturday 9.30am Conningham beach – on beach and water. Here are all the details: We are reclaiming the D’Entrecasteaux Channel from industrial salmon feedlots … Come to the Join...

Media Release – Bruny Island Community Groups front Review panel

June 4, 2018

080518 Media Release draft re EIS hearing

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Joint Submission Bruny Island Storm Bay Marine Farming Planning

January 22, 2018

Bruny Island community groups Friends of North Bruny, the Bruny Island Environment Network and Bruny Island Community Association have joined together to call for a moratorium on marine farming in Storm Bay. The moratorium objectives are detailed in the following...

Tassal’s Media Release re Retirement of Tinderbox Lease, 17 Nov 2017

November 21, 2017

Below is an important media release from Tassal. It provides formal confirmation by their accreditation body, SCS Global Services, that MF90 (the Tinderbox Lease) will soon be retired. FONB cautiously welcomes this development. We have sought advice from Tassal about...

Friends of North Bruny and Storm Bay Aquaculture

November 19, 2017

For the past 12 months and more, the issue of fish farm expansion in Storm Bay has come to dominate discussion within FONB.  A well attended General Meeting on February 11, and an AGM last month that attracted an even...