NOFF is proud to present a series of short films, put together to highlight the environmental and consumer concerns about the intensive feedlot farming of Atlantic salmon in Tasmania.
The confronting 13-minute exposé of the global Atlantic salmon industry, “Factories of Living Waste” depicts the brutal conditions in which salmon live and the parasites, diseases and deformities that kill them. Watch it here, and please download it and share it if you want. Warning – may cause distress.
Too Cute to Shoot co-campaign EKO, aims to raise awareness of the cruelty and lack of independent monitoring of current treatment of Australian Fur Seals at the hands of the Atlantic salmon industry operating in Tasmania. Marine Mammal expert John Bryan shares his knowledge of the species and recommendations for the improvement of interactions through infrastructure change. Film by Mike Sampey.
Eminent British/Australian actor, Miriam Margolyes, warns about the health implications for people eating cage-reared salmon, for the state’s waters and for the caged fish. Film by Mike Sampey
Well-known Australian actor, and Bruny Island resident, Essie Davis, speaks movingly on life on Bruny before and after the arrival of the salmon farms. Film by Mike Sampey
Truwana visits Cape Barren Island, in Bass Strait. Fiona Mahers talks about sea country, indigenous water rights for the First Nations people of Lutruwita/Tasmania, and concerns over Salmon farming. Film By Mike Sampey, Producer Kirsten Bacon.
The residents of the Tasman Peninsula have long fought for the removal of Atlantic salmon farms from Long Bay. With the the recommendation by the Legislative Council fin fish Inquiry advising a ceasing of operations in sheltered, sensitive and biodiverse waterways, now is the time for the minister to act and remove this lease site for good. Film by Mike Sampey
In November 2022, Canadian Multinational Cooke Inc bought out Tassal, Tasmania’s last remaining Australian -owned open net pen Atlantic salmon producer. Tasmania’s waterways are now in the hands of three major international companies, JBS, Cooke Inc, and Sealord. It is time for Tasmania’s Government to heed the recommendations of the Fin Fish Enquiry Report and commits to a safe transition to land based seafood production. Film by Mike Sampey
Neighbours of Fish Farming, in collaboration with filmmakers LowCo has released a series of “Postcards from the End of the World”, the first of which calls for urgent Federal intervention to protect the Maugean skate, unique to Macquarie Harbour, from extinction. Each postcard begins with “Dear Tanya” and provides clear, fact-based evidence of the threat to Tasmania’s marine life and waterways from the operations of multinational salmon companies in the state.
All the ‘postcards’ may be freely downloaded and circulated.
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