Fish kill

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been found floating in a river with calls for authorities to investigate the cause. Eli Green. less than 2 min read.

Fish kills are defined as a sudden mass mortality of wild fish and are more likely to occur in summer or following sudden changes in temperature, according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Countless fish have been found floating on top of the water at the Menindee Weir pool near Broken Hill. Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been found floating in a river with calls for authorities to investigate the cause.

Authorities blame low oxygen levels made worse by receding flood waters as locals say latest event much more severe than previously.

“Ultimately, fish kill events happen because the quality of the environment cannot sustain fish life,” she said. “No one should think fish kills on this scale is natural,” he said. Locals have previously accused authorities of contributing to fish deaths by allowing the Menindee Lakes to be drained and McCrabb said the fish would have washed through to Menindee by Saturday. “Significant volumes of fish including carp and bony herring, nutrients and organic matter from the floodplain are being concentrated back into the river channel. “It’s horrendous here today,” he said, speaking from the riverbank about 5km upstream of Menindee.

The mass fish kill has prompted an investigation by state authorities who have travelled to Menindee, in the state's far west. The NSW department of primary ...

Hundreds of thousands of fish are dead in an apparent fish kill near Broken Hill in outback NSW. Menindee residents have taken to social media to share ...

At the time the cause was attributed to large floodwater draining back into the river with high nutrient loads and hot weather. This is the second major fish kill in recent weeks at Menindee. This may have contributed to the fish kill. Fish kills are defined as a sudden mass mortality of wild fish. In late February tens of thousands of dead fish were reported in the Darling-Baaka River from Menindee Main Weir to Menindee Town. Menindee residents have taken to social media to share footage of thousands of dead fish floating in the Menindee Weir pool, located on the Darling River.

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been discovered in outback New South Wales in an apparent fish kill caused by unprecedented flooding and hot ...

Locals say this is worse than the 2018-19 fish kills [pic.twitter.com/U31zNRRzIU] [March 17, 2023] Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have been discovered in outback New South Wales in an apparent fish kill caused by unprecedented flooding and hot weather. Hundreds of thousands of wild fish have been discovered dead in a Menindee river near Broken Hill in New South Wales.