Salmon Busters is a tool for community members to track and expose Tasmania’s toxic salmon industry.
Fish farms out now!
At a glance
- Foreign owned:
- The three subsidaries polluting Tasmania's waterways are owned by foreign multinationals
- These multinational salmon giants have made $8.8 billion over a decade and paid just 0.6% in tax.
- Source: The Australia Institute, ABARES & ATO data analysis (2023–24).
Footprint
- Industrial fish farms
- with 60+ leases polluting our coastline and river systems.
- wth more than 100,000 tonnes of toxic salmon crammed in
- Freshwater use
- of Tasmania's fresh water is used by the toxic salmon industry
- This is provided at low cost for smolt (juvenile salmon) production and bathing sea-penned fish to treat amoebic gill disease.
Toxic stats
- Antibiotic use:
- of antibiotics has been used since 2003 to treat disease in farmed salmon
- Pollution:
- tonnes per annum*
- in the form of nitrogen pollution is released into our waterways every year.
- tonnes per annum*
- in the form of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) is released into our waterways every year.
- *Methodology estimates based on CSIRO feed conversion ratios, nitrogen release fractions, and statewide salmon production totals (2022–2025) reported by the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Industrial salmon hotspots
This interactive map shows Tasmania’s salmon farms, hatcheries and factories, including their lease areas and any current warnings. It also highlights the habitats of the endangered Red Handfish and Maugean Skate, revealing where industrial aquaculture overlaps with with some of our most fragile marine species.
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Southern Ocean Trout lease 267 – East of Butt of Liberty Active
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Southern Ocean Trout lease 220 – North East Double Cove Active
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Tassal Operations lease 266 – North-east of Bryans Bay Active
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Tassal Operations lease 76 – Northwest Bay Active
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Russfal Pty Ltd lease 214 – Liberty Point Central Harbour Active
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Tassal Operations lease 219 – South Central Harbour Active
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Huon Aquaculture lease 87 – Flat Head Bay Active
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 133 – North Liberty Point Active
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 213 – North East of Hogan Cove Active
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 215 – Table Head Active
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 217 – Liberty Point Active
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Blue Economy Zone lease – Bass Strait
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Tassal Operations lease 279 – West of Wedge Island
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Tassal Operations lease 209 – Stringers Cove
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Tassal Operations lease 185 – Great Taylors Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 154 – Simmonds Point
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Tassal Operations lease 236 – Okehampton Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 280 – West of Wedge Island
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Tassal Operations lease 55 – Long Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 77 – Meads Creek
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Tassal Operations lease 78 – East of Lippies Point
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Tassal Operations lease 110 – West of Soldiers Point
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Tassal Operations lease 142 – Roberts Point
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Tassal Operations lease 186 – Brabazon Point
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Tassal Operations lease 189 – Killala Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 190 – Creeses Mistake
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Tassal Operations lease 193 – Badger Cove/Parsons Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 194 – Billy Blue Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 201 – Roaring Beach
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Tassal Operations lease 203 – Great Taylors Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 109 – Great Taylors Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 109 – Great Taylors Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 94 – The Sheppards
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Tassal Operations lease 90 – North West Bay
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 178 – Long Reach
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Huon Aquaculture lease 87 – Flat Head Bay
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Huon Aquaculture lease 281 – Yellow Bluff
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Huon Aquaculture lease 93 – Hideaway Bay
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Huon Aquaculture lease 141 – South of Zuidpool Rock
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Huon Aquaculture lease 141 – South of Zuidpool Rock
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Huon Aquaculture lease 151 – Garden Island
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Huon Aquaculture lease 167 – Police Point
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Huon Aquaculture lease 221 – East of Red Cliffs
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Huon Aquaculture lease 261 – Trumpeter Bay
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Huon Aquaculture lease 261 – Trumpeter Bay
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Skretting's Fish Feed Factory at Cambridge
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Biomar's Wesley Vale Fish Feed Factory
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Huon's Forest Home Salmon Hatchery at Glen Huon
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Tassal's Russell Falls Hatchery at National Park
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Huon's Salmon Nursery in Geeveston
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Huon's Lonnavale Fish Farm
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Petuna's Cressy Hatchery
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Tassal and Huon's Florentine Hatchery
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Tassal and Huon's Wayatinah Hatchery
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Huon's Millybrook Hatchery
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Huon's South Springfield Hatchery
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Huon's Bridport Hatchery
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Huon's Meadowbank Hatchery
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Tassal's Rookwood Hatchery
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Tassal's Karanja Fish Farm
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Huon Aquaculture processing facility in Surveyors Bay
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Tassal's Triabunna Fish Processing Facility
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Tassal's Dover Fish Processing Factory
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Huon's Parramatta Creek Processing Facility at Sassafras
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Tassal's Huonville Fish Processing Facility
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Tassal's Triabunna Fish Rendering Facility
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Tassal's Margate Fish Processing Facility
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Petuna's Fish Processing Facility in Devonport
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Tassal Operations lease 193 – Badger Cove/Parsons Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 76 – Northwest Bay
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Tassal Operations lease LBH1 – 488 Freestone Point Rd
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Tassal Operations lease 36 – Chale Bay & Hawkers Pt
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Tassal Operations lease 258 – North Great Oyster Bay
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Tassal Operations lease 278 – West of Wedge Island
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Tassal Operations lease 277 – West of Wedge Island
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Tassal Operations lease 188 – Brabazon Park
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Tassal Operations lease 73 – Sykes Cove
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Tassal Operations lease 36 – Chale Bay & Hawkers Pt
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Tassal Operations lease 36 – Chale Bay & Hawkers Pt
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Tassal Operations lease 36 – Chale Bay & Hawkers Pt
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Tassal Operations lease 164 – Mercury Passage
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Russfal Pty Ltd lease 216 – North East Pelias Cove
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 34 – Satellite Island
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 34 – Satellite Island
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Huon Aquaculture lease 244 – Stringers Cove
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 34 – Satellite Island
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Petuna Aquaculture lease 215 – South of Liberty Point
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Huon Aquaculture lease 261 – Trumpeter Bay
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Huon Aquaculture lease 261 – Trumpeter Bay
The salmon giants polluting Tasmania
Tasmania’s coastal waters are carved up by three foreign-owned salmon giants: Tassal, Huon Aquaculture and Petuna. Their factory farm operations stretch across the state, driving species toward extinction, polluting World Heritage waterways and killing wildlife in their nets. Meet the companies behind the toxic salmon industry.
Tassal Operations
Number of operations: 50
Size of leases: 6966160 sqm
Current warnings: 4
Total wildlife deaths: 213
Total wildlife death count (2021-25)
Petuna Aquaculture
Number of operations: 11
Size of leases: 3483080 sqm
Current warnings: 4
Total wildlife deaths: 8
Total wildlife death count (2021-25)
Huon Aquaculture
Number of operations: 29
Size of leases: 12648360 sqm
Current warnings: 4
Total wildlife deaths: 55
Total wildlife death count (2021-25)
Animal abuse incidents and deaths
- 2021-2025