Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP
Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP
Australia
Asia /  Australasia

Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as hundreds of thousands of fish die in heatwave

  • Up to a million dead fish were found floating in the Darling River in New South Wales last week
  • Experts blame heatwave conditions, drought and algal blooms for starving waterways of oxygen

Topic |   Australia
Associated Press
Associated Press

Updated: 8:16pm, 15 Jan, 2019

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Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP
Dead fish seen along the Darling River bank in Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Jan 7, 2019. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP
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