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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/salmon-die-off-in-tasmania-largest-ever-seen-epa/105019476
Rest of the article talks about how how a bacteria is the probable cause of death but heat stress and possibly overcrowding are the reason the fish went down to it. Also talks about investigations into the way the companies involved have been handling things, looks like they might have made some clumsy attempts to kill off sick fish, possibly inhumanely, also to hide the extent of their losses.
Warming waters in tasmania has been a contributing factor to losses in abalone and oyster industries as well in recent years. Failing to address climate change costs businesses money.
Type17
If you think the costs of preventing climate collapse* are high, wait until you see the costs of not preventing it. (*climate collapse is the correct term for what's coming - we are already experiencing global warming and climate change)
Newitt
Surely unrelated, but the Chinese navy held unannounced live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea recently, didn't they?
Roorgak
they did yep, this event was in progress before they started waving their cannons around though.
trippingthelightfantastic
depressedscientist
It’s really just “regulate capitalism”. But capitalists don’t like putting limits on their greed.
Flodos
You can't regulate cancer.
Rabidgoat
to me, regulating capitalism is the same as switching economic model.