We wrote the report for the minister on fish deaths in the lower Darling – here's why it could happen again
- Written by Robert Vertessy, Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne
Over the recent summer, three significant fish death events occurred in the lower Darling River near Menindee, New South Wales. Species involved included Murray Cod, Silver Perch, Golden Perch and Bony Herring, with deaths estimated to be in the range of hundreds of thousands to over a million fish. These events were a serious ecological shock to...