Salmon Farmers’ Artificial Oxygen Endangered Fish Fix

Salmon Farmers’ Artificial Oxygen Endangered Fish Fix
A large salmon fish farm off the coast of Tinderbox in the Hobart region of Tasmania, Australia. Juergen Wallstabe / Adobe Stock
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Salmon farmers will try to artificially boost oxygen levels in a depleted Tasmanian harbour but there’s no word on calls for them to destock to help save an ancient species.

The Maugean Skate is barely hanging on in Macquarie Harbour and scientists have warned it could be one extreme weather event away from extinction.