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7 September 2023

On threatened species day a number of Recovery Plans and Conservation Advices were released by the Federal Government for some of the nation’s most at risk species. For Tasmania, this included a recovery plan for the Swift Parrot and a conservation advice for the Maugean skate, both endangered species.

However, the management recommendations for both species differ substantially. Advice for the skate recommends, “significantly reducing fish biomass” in Macquarie Harbour, which properly addresses the main threat. But the Recovery Plan for the Swift Parrot does not require any changes to existing forestry practices, despite scientists identifying native forest logging as the key threat to the species for many years.

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THE TASMANIAN INDEPENDENT SCIENCE COUNCIL

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The Tasmanian Independent Science Council is dedicated to science-based policy reform to ensure the long-term health of Tasmania’s critical environments. We are composed of scientists and relevant professionals who are a source of independent, non-government advice.

Our goals are to:

Connect science to public policy;
Drive innovation in managing the use of Tasmania’s terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems; and
Engage community, business and political leaders to find and implement solutions to the challenges of environmental stewardship in lutruwita/Tasmania.

We seek to achieve these goals by compiling and synthesising research, producing papers on key issues, commissioning independent research, making submissions on legislative reforms and leading public debate through the media and events on the science-policy nexus.

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We write reports, statements and submissions to legislative reviews.

We engage with the media in order to lead the public debate on the science-policy nexus.

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We are composed of scientist and professionals, with decades of experience in environmental science, policy and communication.

15 August 2023

The Tasmanian Independent Science Council has reviewed economic claims made by Salmon Tasmania and finds that the claims are misleading and overstate the economic and social contribution of the industry.

“Now that all three salmon producers are under foreign ownership, industry finances and economic contributions have become even more opaque. Salmon Tasmania has missed an opportunity to provide the Tasmanian public with a transparent, holistic analysis that accounts for all social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of the industry,” says report author Dr Graeme Wells.

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lutruwita/Tasmania is a state of change, with deep environmental and cultural roots. Science and policy are needed to protect our state as it evolves.

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We work across Tasmania's environment, focussing on forests and fire, freshwater and oceans.

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We engage with the public debate on policy and science through hosting events.

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