Page 29 - Fish Kill News Today

By CHRIS ROGERS

An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 dead carp were found at Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, and experts say the cause of death is a species-specific strain of the herpes virus.

Algae bloom responsible for Nueces River fish kill similar to Gulf 'Dead Zone.' The algae bloom is taking oxygen from the water, killing fish in the river

Texas Parks & Wildlife Regional Response Coordinator Alex Nuñez said the dead fish are causing a stench, but that the decaying fish won't be removed.

The projects come several years later after the State of Alabama sued Tyson Farms for violating the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act and the Environmental Management Act.

Should the red tide algae thicken in the nearly stagnant lagoon, there is risk that more sea cows and other marine life could perish.

The River Rye is an important breeding ground for brown trout and Atlantic salmon.

The deal resolves the lawsuit by two environmental groups against ArcelorMittal after a 2019 discharge into the Burns Waterway leading into Lake Michigan that resulted in 3,000 dead fish, beach

Last summer, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources opened an investigation on a fish kill in Dry Branch Creek.

Cleveland-Cliffs, which took over the Burns Harbor facility in December 2020, admitted the operation "violated pollution laws aimed at protecting health and the environment" for more than five years.