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Mass fish death

HUNDREDS of fish have died near Weir 32 at Menindee this week as temperatures soared to about 50 degrees Celsius along the river and water temperatures climbed to about 28 degrees. A spokesperson for the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development said that the number of fish dead in the Lower Darling-Baaka River […]

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