The battle over big salmon: industry at a crossroads as Tasmania votes

The state's biggest primary industry is tallying the loss of hundreds of thousands of fish Salmon farming has not inspired much consensus in Tasmania of late but this much is clear: Macquarie Harbour - a vast, isolated inlet on the state's west coast that is home to several industrial fish pens - is in a bad way. As the state rolls towards an election on 3 March, its biggest primary industry is tallying the loss of hundreds of thousands of fish that have died prematurely or had to be culled in the harbour this summer. Continue reading...