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  1. White Spot Disease is devastating Australia’s prawn industry. Exports have halted, fishing families are under pressure, and biosecurity failures are now threatening livelihoods across the sector. Landline’s Halina Baczkowski investigates who pays the price when outbreaks spiral out of control.

    #auspol #aquaculture #biosecurity #prawns #fishing #abclandline

    youtube.com/watch?v=K_b-_y-C2hs

  2. Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
    Discontent in the region.

    Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

    “Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

    “This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

    “Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
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    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism