Contractors are being hired to remove millions of rotting fish from a river in the Australian Outback after an unprecedented die-off following floods and hot weather, police said on Monday.
The fish started dying in the Darling River near the New South Wales town of Menindee on Friday. Officials say the die-off likely occurred because fish need more oxygen in hot weather, but oxygen levels in the water dropped after recent floods receded.
“I'm certainly not making promises that all the millions of fish will be removed by contractors because that is really a logistical nightmare,” Greentree said. Authorities were supplying potable water to residents who rely on river water, which was continually being monitored for quality, Greentree said.
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