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Australia: Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up Along Lake Alexandrina’s Shore

08/03/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

By Michael Milnes – “THOUSANDS of dead fish have washed up along 8km of Lake Alexandrina’s shore.

With the health of the River Murray and Lower Lake system at its best in years, the mass ‘fish kill’ is a mystery.

Point Sturt resident Dot Ratcliffe said she was alarmed to find the problem when she went kayaking on the lake yesterday morning. ‘I saw them (extending) about 400m out in to the lake,’ she said.

‘It’s terribly upsetting, very distressing. There are thousands of fish washed up, something you do not want to see. I have been living here for 10 years and never seen anything like this.’

Bio-security aquatic pest manager Vic Neverauskas said Primary Industries would investigate the circumstances of the fish deaths as soon as possible. Most of the fish appear to be bony bream.” Read more.

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