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Thousands of Fish Deaths Reported at Marcoola Beach in Australia

04/24/2011 Leave a comment

By Nikkii Joyce – “MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of thousands of dead fish which littered Marcoola Beach on Friday.

Local woman Lisa Perry took several photographs of the dead fish, including some 18cm whiting.

The majority she found on her 2km walk past the surf club at 4pm were pilchards.

‘There were thousands of them,’ Ms Perry said.

‘When people saw me start taking photographs they came up and asked me if I knew what they were and what had happened.'”  Read more.