Salmon Study submission
Several BIEN members collaborated to lodge a submission in response to the Tasmanian Government’s consultation on the Draft Study Plan and Draft Stakeholder Engagement Plan for the Independent Study of […]
The Island that responds mBIEN #7
The Ocean in Trouble, and the Island that responds. Three pieces of news this week, dispatched from across the globe, land like naval shells on Bruny’s shore. Each is a […]
Tide is turning mBIEN #6
The tide is turning In the weeks since we imagined the Bruny BlueBioSphere—where the sea is the yin to the island’s yang—the path toward that vision has been lit by […]
Bruny BlueBioSphere mBIEN #5
A blue-print for a living sea where island and sea can breathe as one again Look at Bruny Island not from the road, but from the water. From a boat […]
The Norway mirror mBIEN #4
The Norway mirror: projecting Scandinavian lessons onto Bruny Island and Southern Tasmanian waters Two recent investigations—one an exclusive Guardian report published 4 May, the other a major Sunstone Institute multimedia […]
The Zuidpool Disclosure mBIEN #3
Bruny Island sits at the confluence of forces—the cold breath of the Southern Ocean, the dark tannin tongues of the Derwent, and the East Australian Current’s fading pulse. This mixing […]
The Florfenicol Legacy mBIEN #2
The waters surrounding Bruny Island represent one of Australia’s most intricate and productive marine interfaces—a meeting point of the East Australian Current, the Southern Ocean, and the tannin-rich outflow of […]
Antibiotic Contamination mBIEN #1
The problems facing southern Tasmania’s salmon farming industry have intensified, focusing on antibiotic contamination, political interference in environmental protection, and a deepening public mistrust. The issues are particularly acute around […]
Beach retreat on the Neck
Matt Gunn has, since 2017, tracked erosion on the southern end of The Neck. This very valuable resource is publicly available as Dismal Tides – his on-line data repository which […]
TAMP flyers
We feature these flyers from TAMP that highlight some impacts of industrial fish farming: