Source: CCTV Finance
On the 17th local time, on the Darling River, a major river in New South Wales, Australia, there was a shocking scene: dense dead fish actually "spread" a large area of the river. The local government says the fish could number in the millions, linked to disasters such as floods and heat waves.
The incident occurred on the part of the Darling River flowing through western New South Wales, Australia. Drone footage shows millions of dead fish floating on the surface of the Darling River, almost covering the surface of the river.
Local resident: We had just started cleaning up after the flood when something like this happened. The water of the gradually drying up river is in chaos, and you can smell the rotting smell of dead fish, which is a terrible smell, and it is also scary to see those dead fish.
The local government explained that after several floods in the area of the incident, the number of herring, carp and other fish increased significantly, but after the flood receded, the water could no longer bear a large number of fish to survive, so more and more fish died due to lack of oxygen. In addition, the local hot weather also exacerbates the lack of oxygen in the water, and fish need more oxygen in the warmer water.
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on the 18th, this section of the river is located in the town of Menindi, New South Wales, and officials from the state's fisheries department have been sent to the place of the incident to investigate and assess this rare phenomenon. This is not the first time that the Darling River has seen a large number of dead fish, as the river has previously seen as many as a million fish deaths in 2018 and 2019 due to factors such as poor water flow, poor water quality and sudden temperature changes.