Supermarkets Defend Salmon Supplies With Skate on Skids

Supermarkets Defend Salmon Supplies With Skate on Skids
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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Coles and Woolworths have defended the ongoing sale of salmon from a harbour where fish farming is threatening an ancient species.

The supermarkets have adopted a wait-and-see approach as authorities work to save Tasmania’s Maugean skate from extinction.