John, 

Over the last week an astonishing 59,000 SumOfUs members across the world
have taken action to protect seals from Australia's salmon industry. But
we're still short of our 100,000 signature goal.

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name John and help protect wild fur seals?

Tasmania's salmon producers have already responded to SumOfUs members
saying: "we use industry-leading pen infrastructure and nets aim to
protect seals".

But if the pens and nets used by salmon producers are the best in the
industry why are they still shooting seals and detonating underwater seal
crackers?

After public outcry, salmon companies in Scotland stopped using seal
crackers. But in Australia these devices are still in use and the
consequences for seals are bone injuries, soft tissue burns, prolapsed eye
balls and in some cases death, often from blunt force trauma.

[2]Injured fur seal with blood on it's fur on a wharf covered in blood

If 40,000 more SumOfUs members like you join the campaign John,
we will deliver the petition directly to Tassal, Petuna and Huon. Will you
add your name?

[ [link removed] ]✍️ Sign the petition to stop Tasmanian salmon producers killing seals.

With determination,

Nish, Nick and the team at SumOfUs



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Deadly underwater explosives used by Tasmania’s industrial salmon
producers are blinding, bruising and killing fur seals.

We need a global outcry to protect seals and shame Australia’s salmon
industry into action. Tell the salmon industry to stop using deadly seal
crackers now!

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
In case you missed it, here's the email we sent last week:

John,

Protected fur seals are dying because of underwater bombs called seal
crackers being detonated by industrial salmon producers in Tasmania,
Australia.

Seal crackers are designed to emit piercing noises and flashes of light
that reverberate through the ocean.

But they don't just scare seals: they also cause bone injuries, soft
tissue burns, prolapsed eye balls and in some cases death, often from
blunt force trauma.

[ [link removed] ]Can you sign the petition calling on Australia's Big Three salmon
producers - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna - to stop using deadly
seal crackers and bring salmon pens onshore?

Floating salmon pens are not only a disaster for the environment -
depositing huge amounts of waste and antibiotics into pristine marine
environments - they are also a magnet for hungry seals. 

But instead of moving the pens onshore away from the seal’s natural
habitat, salmon producers detonate explosive seal crackers whenever seals
come close. The Big Three Tasmanian producers have set off over 77,000
seal crackers in four years. 

But these underwater explosives are not the only risk to the seals -
salmon producers also use shotguns to fire lead-filled projectiles at
seals which can become embedded in their skin causing permanent injuries.

John, will you help create a global outcry to shame the salmon
industry into action?

[ [link removed] ]→ Add your voice: demand Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna stop using
dangerous seal crackers and shotguns now.

Tasmania, the island state off the south-coast of mainland Australia, is a
pristine marine wilderness and one of the last places you can touch land
before you reach Antarctica. Whales, dolphins, protected Australian fur
seals and rare New Zealand long nosed seals share the ocean with species
found nowhere else.

First Nations people in Tasmania/lutruwita, who have been looking after
the land and ocean for centuries have been speaking up against commercial
fish producers in their waters because of its impact on the whole
ecosystem.

They know the salmon industry is a massive threat; diseases spread from
crowded salmon pens to wild fish and large marine animals get caught and
tangled in the nets.

People power has already successfully pushed the salmon industry to
change. After a big public outcry over Scottish salmon producers shooting
seals, a ban was put in place there to protect the seals. And SumOfUs
members helped stop the Millstone Point salmon farm expansion in Scotland
too.

Can you help protect the seals in Tasmania too?



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Nish, Nick and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Tasmania’s salmon industry detonates underwater bombs to scare away
seals – but at what cost?
The Conversation. 17 September 2021.
[ [link removed] ]Conservationists call for ban on explosives to scare seals at salmon
farm in federal waters off Tasmania
The Guardian. 21 March 2022.
[ [link removed] ]Huon Aquaculture accounts for 75% of seal deaths at Tasmanian salmon
farms in past year
The Guardian. 9 May 2022.
[ [link removed] ]Tasmania's salmon industry must reform and be more transparent,
parliamentary inquiry says
ABC. 24 May 2022.

 

 

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