MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By ELLIE TURNER – “RAW sewage was the first suspect in the hunt for the killer.

But authorities say a sea of dead fish that yesterday scared hook-wielding locals at Buffalo Creek was probably the result of too much rain.

The NT News was alerted to the demise of hundreds of small water dwellers like salmon, white bait and mullet.

Nightcliff resident Peter Clipsy said he was leaving a nearby inlet when he saw the pontoon of death.

‘There are masses,’ he said.

‘The place is usually busy with fishermen – today there was nobody.’

But NT Amateur Fishermen’s Association chief Chris Makepeace said the ‘fish kill’ often came with the first big rains of the Wet when fresh water flushed out oxygen.

‘In billabongs there can be thousands of dead fish – big ones like barra.

‘Here is sounds like just the smaller fish were affected.

‘The storms are stirring up the water – there’s heaps of rain coming off banks and depending what’s happening in creek it can reduce the oxygen level.’

He said it looked bad but was only nature’s wicked way.

‘Some people say it’s the sewage that gets pumped in there but I don’t think we can blame it this time.

‘It’s a fish’s life.'” Source – NT News.