Maugean skate’s only home is Macquarie Harbour, which hosts intense salmon farming Tasmania’s Maugean skate may go the way of the Tasmanian tiger within 10 years and is only one extreme weather event away from extinction Removing salmon pens would give Maugean skate a fighting chance of survival The...
Establishing Humane Society International (HSI) in Australia in 1994, it was the intent of our directors to maintain the impetus for securing effective threatened species
programs and laws in Australia.
This publication reflects on HSI actions in the intervening 22 year period. More importantly however, it also proposes 235 policies and actions essential in achieving the nation’s long-term
wildlife and habitat protection goals. HSI continues to fight for strong Commonwealth environmental management and responsibility, and to significantly improve national conservation policy and law.
