{
  "id": 9145160,
  "title": "To Deter Seals, Tasmanian Salmon Farmers Have Set Off 1,800 Bombs This Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/to-deter-seals-tasmanian-salmon-farmers-have-set-off-1-800-bombs-this",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T13:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yale Environment 360",
    "slug": "yale-environment-360",
    "url": "https://e360.yale.edu/digest/tasmania-salmon-farms-seal-bombs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the first half of this year, salmon farmers on the Australian island of Tasmania detonated nearly 1,800 underwater explosives to scare away fur seals intent on nabbing fish, government figures show. Read more on E360 →",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "More than 150,000 underwater explosives used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/more-than-150-000-underwater-explosives-used-to-deter-seals-at",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:00:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}