This fish kill is a tragedy – but it is no surprise

The devastating scene of thousands of dead fish in one of Australia’s most important river systems highlights a failure of governance and policy

Anyone who has seen the video of rotting fish along a 20-kilometre reach of the Darling River near Menindee Lakes in New South Wales must wonder how we got to this point. '

We witness grown men crying over dead Murray Cod – one of Australia’s iconic freshwater fish species – killed by insufficient oxygen in the water.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2FwL7BR
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