Tasmanian salmon industry representatives fly to Canberra to plead case on Macquarie Harbour and endangered Maugean skate

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A delegation of salmon industry stakeholders will travel to Canberra to meet with politicians over the future of aquaculture in Macquarie Harbour. Environment minister Tanya Plibersek last year cast doubt over continued fin fish farming in the harbour due to increased concerns for the endangered and endemic Maugean skate, with a recent report recommending the status of the species being moved to critically endangered.