Tag: dead fish

Angry Australian Outback Town Feels Abandoned After Mass Fish Kill

Menindee locals say they feel abandoned and have no idea how they will recover from a record mass fish kill on the Darling-Baaka River. Police and water authorities held a second community meeting in the outback New South Wales (NSW) town on Mar. 24 after millions of fish washed up dead. Local Graeme McCrabb went…


Mass Swarm of Dead Fish in Atlantic Prompts French Inquiry

PARIS—France and the European Union are investigating why a massive swarm of dead fish was released by a huge trawler in the Atlantic Ocean off France, after an environmental group released dramatic video and photos of the incident. The images by the group Sea Shepherd show a blanket of dead blue whiting fish floating on…


Thousands of Dead Fish Wash up in Spanish Lagoon

Spanish authorities are expanding a ban on harmful fertilizers around a saltwater lagoon on the country’s Mediterranean coast, where several tons of dead fish have washed up in recent weeks. Once a magnet for tourism and a sanctuary for marine life, the Mar Menor in Murcia, on Spain’s Southeastern Mediterranean coast, has seen fish stocks…