Investigation of the causes of mass fish kills
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2019
- On 15 December 2018 tens of thousands of dead fish were reported along a 30 km stretch of the Darling River near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. High numbers of dead fish were seen in the vicinity of the Old Menindee Weir and Menindee Pump Station. A second, larger fish kill event involving hundreds of thousands of fish was reported on 6 January 2019 on the same stretch of river. A third event followed on 28 January, killing millions of fish. Members of the panel witnessed the beginnings of a fourth event on 4 February 2019.
Many different sectors of Australian society, and of the Menindee region itself, are distressed knowing that fish have been dying en masse and are concerned about the implications for the health of the river. In addition, these fish are of high cultural significance to Indigenous communities in the region, including those holding Native Title rights.
In response to the first two kills, the Academy was requested by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Bill Shorten MP to provide advice on the immediate causes, as well as exacerbating circumstances from water diversions, agricultural runoff or climate change, and to provide recommendations.
The report "Investigation of the causes of mass fish kills in the Menindee Region NSW over the summer of 2018-2019" was made publicly available on Monday 18 February 2019 and can be accessed at www.science.org.au/fish-kills-report
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Horrifying, thanks for helping raise awareness.
Great explainer video. Outrageous that it takes this kind of disaster to (hopefully) spur our political leaders into actually solving this problem.
Politics never solve anything political leaders never solve anything... if you wanna know something this might be related to new diseases that kill large numbers of fish every year...
Yeah it has nothing to do with the the train letting tons of chemicals into the water
Total false
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Get in touch with Aaron Horn of the channel Windsor Bait and Tackle. He has documented a dozen fish kills in Sydney. He has samples and is being ignored by authorities
That is red tide
Happening again on the Richmond Parramatta
blue-green algae?
Photo sensitive bacteria
It's slime
Eutrophication caused by us, people.
What would Nelson do......RIGHT !!! HA HAAA
Murry cod is good eating. This is outrageous!
Yes trust what they say... #FreeJulianAssange
Fukushima!
I think it's all being done on purpose as part of the great reset.
Famine signs
If its mostly carp...good.
the poor fishy bwos