在塔斯馬尼亞，一家三文魚養殖場後射殺了 50 多隻鸕鶿。養殖去年獲得許可，能夠以射殺鸕鶿作為“最後的手段”，因為這些鸕鶿會捕食三文魚，對養殖場造成損失。他們的員工聲稱已試圖開槍恐嚇鸕鶿，但沒有成功。另外亦有36 隻鸕鶿被養殖場魚欄的網子纏繞。這些網原本應該防止鳥類進入他們的三文魚欄，但當該公司被問到造成損失是否因網的維護不足或使用過疏的網而引起時，沒有作出回應。
In Tasmania, a salmon farm killed more than 50 great cormorants after they received the permits to shoot the birds as a “last resort” last year because the birds cause damage to their salmons. Their employees claimed they tried to shoot and scare the birds but was not success. There were also 36 birds entangled in the netting covering their salmon pens. the nets were supposed to to prevent birds to enter their salmon pens, but when the company was asked whether the problem was caused by lack of maintenance of the nets, or the used of oversized netting, they did not respond.
