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this popular product is causing extinction   A living dinosaur, unique to Australia, is at risk of extinction because salmon farms are destroying its last remaining habitat. The Maugean Skate may not be a household name but to save it we must make it one. Tell the big supermarkets like ALDI to protect the skate and stop selling salmon from Macquarie Harbour. [The Maugean Skate, a grey blue ray on the ocean floor. Image credit: Neville Barrett]( [ Sign the petitionÂ]( {NAME}, When T-Rex was roaming the earth the Maugean Skate was swimming in our seas. This living dinosaur is unique to Australia. But it's in critical danger. The endangered skate’s last remaining habitat – Macquarie Harbour in lutruwita/Tasmania – is being destroyed by the salmon industry. Giant industrial salmon and ocean trout pens have a chokehold over the skate’s final critical habitat. Waste matter and uneaten salmon feed from fish farms pollute Macquarie Harbour reducing the water's oxygen levels and suffocating the skate. Big supermarkets like ALDI are selling salmon and ocean trout from Macquarie Harbour and slapping a ‘responsibly sourced’ logo on the packaging. It’s greenwashing 101. Let’s show the big supermarkets that shoppers don’t want to buy salmon so toxic that it’s causing the extinction of a living dinosaur.  [→ Sign the petition calling on supermarkets like ALDI to stop supporting extinction and stop selling salmon from Macquarie Harbour.]( The Maugean Skate, from the shark and ray family, is already an endangered species. And new research shows that of all the threatened sharks and rays worldwide it is the one most at risk of disappearing if we don’t act now. A third of Macquarie Harbour has been classified as a Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, and yet the fish farm industry is polluting the harbour and is the biggest threat to the skate. Avoiding an extinction event isn’t enough to motivate the salmon industry. But we know profits will. If we can put enough public pressure on the big supermarkets to stop buying salmon and ocean trout from Macquarie Harbour, the industry will have no choice but to remove its fish cages and give the skate an opportunity to thrive. [Will you stand up for the skate? Add your name to the petition now.]( The skate is at risk of becoming the first shark or ray extinction in modern times as a direct result of human activity. {NAME}, we can’t let this happen. Along with partner organisations, 189,000 Ekō members recently took on the Tasmanian salmon industry for shooting seals and shone a spotlight on its barbaric practices. More than 2 million people saw the social media posts shared by this community and the salmon industry has been in PR damage control ever since, spending big bucks on greenwashing videos to promote its “sustainability”. The salmon industry’s social license is teetering on the brink. Let’s tip the scales by making sure the big supermarkets stop supporting extinction and stop selling salmon from Macquarie Harbour.  [ Sign the petitionÂ]( With determination, Nish, Nick and the team at Ekō More information: [Today in creatures you might have heard of: the Maugean skate!]( The Guardian. 14 June 2023. [Under Pressure: Scientists call for urgent conservation action to save Maugean skate]( University of Tasmania, Institute For Marine & Antarctic Studies. 6 May 2023. [Maugean Skate: Skating Towards Extinction?]( IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. 8 July 2023. [Global calls to revoke ‘misleading’ sustainable farming certification for salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour]( The Guardian. 26 July 2023.      --------------------------------------------------------------- Ekō is a community of people from around the world committed to curbing the growing power of corporations. We want to buy from, work for and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well and respect democracy. And we’re not afraid to stand up to them when they don’t. Please help keep Ekō strong by chipping in $3 [Chip in $3]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe](   --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us On Social Media [Facebok]( [Instagram]( [Youtube](Eko.Movement) [Twitter]( [TikTok](eko.movement) [Telegram](