Antibiotics found in wild fish near Tasmanian salmon farms at nearly five times allowed limit, report shows
by Bob Burton in Hobart from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JWSP)
Testing shows blue mackerel caught near salmon pens with antibiotic residues of 960g/kg, making fish not fit for human consumption'
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Tasmania's largest salmon company, Tassal, has revealed wild fish at one of its salmon farms contained antibiotic residues at almost five times the allowed level.
In another case, there were low-level antibiotic traces in wild fish caught more than seven kilometres from another Tassal salmon farm.
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