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Gympie Regional Council has revealed the combined factors of recent hot weather and low water levels have been the main contributors to a large fish kill at Lake Alford.
Local visitor Rhiannon Carly McNamara made the shocking discovery this week, capturing images showing fish floating in the lake and sharing them on social media.
The council confirmed it had received “multiple calls” on the issue on Wednesday morning, and later estimated that between 300 and 500 Bony bream and Eel-tailed catfish have been found in the water.
The council’s marketing and communications manager Sharna Rowley said recent harsh conditions had been identified as the primary cause of the fish kill.
Louisiana Officials: Crawfish Shells Pose Ecological Danger
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We may not be looking at the biggest crawfish crop, but one thing is for sure: Crawfish season is upon us. Those spicy crustaceans Louisiana is famous for are being boiled up by the thousands as we speak, and there are plenty of mudbug-lovers waiting gobble them all up! State officials are now focusing their concern for what happens after the feast.
According to the report from U.S. News and World Report, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ Louisiana) is pleading with residents not to discard the aftermath of their crawfish meal into storm drains. Environmental officials are warning that the glut of empty shells, leftover potatoes & corn cobs, and even the water used to boil the whole thing is an ecological disaster waiting to happen.
there s been some great break throughs in the state of florida just in the past several months in terms of the red tide, which is a devastating harmful algo bloom. it s naturally occurring, spanish explorers documented it. it s been dana: does it hurt the wildlife? it does. it causes massive fish kills. emits a very powerful neuro toxins. humans do not cause the red tide. so the challenge is to develop the technologies based on science to fight the impacts. and because of a major donor that just helped us start a new red tide institute and quite frankly the florida state legislature and governor desantis just approved a major new six-year initiative, the
the toxic algae and red tide in the state. many people are here in florida, they want to enjoy the beach, enjoy clean air, clean water. many of the beaches here, you saw fish kills. that s not necessarily something that the president talks about but it s definitely front of mind for voters and that the candidates have had to have really strong plans on if they want to change hearts and minds here and bring voters out to the ballot box for them. thank you for your time. now to georgia, where several polls show the race neck and neck. stacey abrams trying to become the nation s first
states share a vested interest in one of the most controversial watersheds in the country, called the chesapeake bay. yesterday 39 lawmakers asked a federal court to block a plan to clean up the nation s largest estuary. millions of people will be impacted by this fight. chesapeake bay s 64,000 square mile watershed extends from cooperstown, new york, to norfolk, virginia. the bay itself holds more than 15 trillion gallons of water and produces 500 million pounds of seafood a year but pollution has decimated the bay s fishing industry. pollution from farms and factories led to the massive fish kills, including this one that killed two million fish in 2011. agriculture is the single largest source of nutrient and sediment pollution on the chesapeake bay, killing off fish, oysters and crab. the federal effort to clean up the bay initially started in 1983 when the epa signed an agreement with surrounding states acknowledging to do something. adds tom brokaw reported four