Tasmanian businesses have come together to campaign for the salvation of the ancient Maugean skate. Video via AAP.
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00:00We recognise that the Tasmanian brand is at risk of irreparable damage due to the threat
00:06salmon farming poses to the Mojene Skate and its potential to become the thylacine of the
00:12sea.
00:13The Federal Government has promised that there will be no new extinctions and we intend to
00:18hold them to that promise.
00:20Each member of the Business Alliance for the Mojene Skate has signed on to an open letter
00:24to the Federal Environment Minister demanding she take action to remove salmon farms and
00:30remediate Macquarie Harbour before it's too late.
00:34With recent reports of only 40 to 120 adult skates remaining left in the wild and a potential
00:41uplisting to critically endangered being considered by the Federal Government.