Toxic – The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry | Richard Flanagan | 2021 [SC]

Richard Flanagan's investigation into the Tasmanian salmon farming industry — published in April 2021 and drawing on years of research into an industry that has become one of Tasmania's largest, most politically connected and least scrutinised.

Flanagan examines the environmental impacts of open-net pen salmon farming in Tasmanian waters — the effect on wild fish populations and marine ecosystems, the use of chemicals and dyes, the treatment of seals and other marine wildlife, and the political relationships that have allowed the industry to operate with limited oversight. His argument is that what is marketed as clean, green Tasmanian salmon is a considerably more complicated product than its branding suggests.

At 224 pages this is a short, sharp and deliberately provocative work from one of Australia's most celebrated novelists — written not as a balanced account but as a case for the prosecution.

BOOK DETAILS

• Softcover.
• 224 pages.
• Published April 2021.

CONDITION

New.

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