Australia’s second longest river has been hit by a sudden mass fish kill – again. The “wall of dead fish” stretches for several kilometers and has prompted the government to act. – Imagine the smell if you put a dead fish in the sink and let it rot for a few days, says a resident of the area to The Guardian. Recently, hundreds of thousands of fish have suddenly died in Australia’s second longest river, the Darling River, Reuters reports. In the last week alone, thousands of fish have died, according to the country’s authorities. Videos of people riding through the river covered in dead fish floating on the surface of the water are circulating on social media. The river flows west of Sydney and has had similar problems in the past. In 2018 and 2019, one million fish died due to low water levels, poor water quality and sudden temperature changes. The newly discovered mass death is believed to be due to low oxygen levels in the water. “The fish kill is related to low oxygen levels in the water as the flood waters recede,” the government said in a statement. “Wall of dead fish” The Australian channel ABC reports on Saturday that a large number of officials have been sent to the area to assess the extent of the mass death. The Guardian writes that the “wall of dead fish” stretches for several kilometers. According to the newspaper, the number of dead fish could be up to a million. – Imagine the smell if you put a dead fish in the sink and let it rot for a few days. We have millions of them, says Graeme McNabb who lives in the area to the newspaper. The newspaper has also spoken to Fran Sheldon, a professor at Griffith University who warns that the oxygen levels in the water will be even worse when all the dead fish rot.
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Sudden mass death in the river: “Wall of dead fish”
