Images released by UK charity Green Britain Foundation showing deformed and suffering salmon in Macquarie Harbour have once again highlighted the industry's reliance on animal cruelty, the Greens say.
"This is a grotesque industry that has a business model based on animal cruelty," Greens Senator for Tasmania Senator Nick McKim said.
"Salmon pens are torture pens, and the entire industry is built on animal cruelty, environmental damage and species exctinction."
"They have absolutely no regard for the suffering that they are causing to the salmon they are farming, let alone the rest of the environment."
"This out-of-control industry has repeatedly shown it is not capable of self regulation, but they keep getting away with scandalous behaviour because they have captured the Labor and Liberal parties."
"We badly need strong and independent investigation of this toxic industry."
