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Spate of Derwent Fish Deaths in Tasmania

03/06/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“EXPERTS have no answers on what has caused the death of thousands of squid in the River Derwent this week.

Dead and dying arrowhead squid have been washed ashore or spotted floating on the water at Austins Ferry and Berriedale since Tuesday.

Locals say they have never seen so many dead fish.

The Environment Protection Authority yesterday confirmed reports of more dead squid further down the river.

It is the third case of mass fish deaths in the Derwent in the space of two weeks.

Early this week a large mass of dead juvenile barracouta was found in Windermere Bay near Claremont Primary School.

This followed a similar number of juvenile barracouta being found dead just south of the Norske Skog paper mill at Boyer the week before.”  Read more.

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