Historical fish restocking caused fish kill and algae growth

environment · Unknown · Unnamed river

A personal account describes a past mass fish kill in a river after a fishing community sought to remove unwanted fish and restock game fish. The writer also recalls a proposed dam that would have flooded the canyon and says the plan was later abandoned; the river is not identified by name or location in the excerpt.

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Sources

• “The fish kill had been a planned event as the fishing community was tired of catching the wrong kind of fish” — The Islands Grapevine – September 8th, 2022 (September 8th, 2022)

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