Million of Fishes Have Died Along The Banks Of Major River System in Australia

January 15, 2019 - Australia

Hope the increase in high temperature will not be spreading to each and every country of the World, if temperature in Singapore also rises so much, then similar occurrences might just happen too! - Low water conditions and the heat may also have encouraged an algae bloom that starves the fish of oxygen and produce toxins. 

Other than the heat wave, increase in global temperature, Scientists have been warning of people for years that extracting vast amounts of water without check for irrigation or other uses, undercutting billions of dollars of investment. Just for purely sake of $$$..."Dead fish and dying rivers are not because of the drought, it's because we are also extracting too much water from our river," said John Williams, an expert in water economics at the Australian National University.

"It's a devastating ecological event," said Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday, pointing to apocalyptic scenes. "The sheer visual image of this is just terribly upsetting," he said.

As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come.

The banks of the Murray-Darling Rivers are thick with rotten fish, with officials putting the number of dead at hundreds of thousands and saying the toll is likely closer to one million.

Further high temperatures forecast for this week could make the situation worse, the New South Wales government has warned.

Low water conditions and the heat may also have encouraged an algae bloom that starves the fish of oxygen and produce toxins.

"We do expect to see more fish kills across parts of the far west and Northern Tablelands this week," said state minister Niall Blair.

The deaths have become a national issue, sparking angry allegations about the cause and who is responsible.