Mass fish deaths, Tathra Beach, Australia - by Keva Gocher

Follow the mysterious fish death developments at abc rural : www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2... What caused dead fish to wash up in the hundreds onto Tathra Beach, Australia? The dead fish washed onto the long ocean beach on a sunny afternoon on March 14th, 2010. Autumn beachgoers on Sunday afternoon strolls were in awe at the sight of so many dead fish. They speculted with others on the beach as to the casue of the strange & mysterious sight. Was this nature at work, or a case of overfishing or other human created cause? Fisheries officers estimate 2,000 fish washed up on Tathra Beach, weighing a combined 6 tonnes. The large dead salmon were over 300 mm in length & weighed from 1- 2 kg. The community discussion continues as to what killed the fish. Fore more on the progress of the story with Keva Gocher go to ABC Rural Radio for southeast NSW. Slideshow by Keva Gocher

[@ThubtenChokyi]

Thanks for reporting this.

[@RockTheOcean4me]

Stomaches are open many times, means they are rotting for some days or gulls ?
I also think poisoning somehow or fallen from a fishing vessel. The dead fish are only in a specific area, not for miles and miles.

[@concen]

BP!!!!!

[@Banez1991]

well there was a small earthquake around that area at the time .. maybe a fissure opened and released something toxic??

[@eazygoinguy]

My son came home from school today and told me that one of his mates whose dad workes on the trawlers at Eden(sth of Tathra} told hime that they dumped a load of salmon the other weak becouse the market price had droped and it was not worth there costs ,so they dumped the fish, this got me so angry i thought i would do a search on google and look what i found, to the proffessional at Eden this is disgusting, you should be locked up.

[@dltanner99]

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