Making dead rivers and mass fish kills

"Most if not all of the fish in this waterway to Geelong's south-west have died, and the river itself appears to be in its death throes...Fish in the Anglesea River near Geelong are dying in large numbers as acidity levels in the river soar, making it inhospitable for aquatic life, according to authorities".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-04/anglesea-river-fish-kill-event-water-environment/105720596
#rivers #coal #mining #legacy #MassMortality #MassFishKills #water #extraction #extractivism #ecosystem

With less than a year to go, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is in a dreadful mess. These 5 steps are needed to fix it
"The Murray-Darling Basin covers about a seventh of the Australian land mass: most of New South Wales, parts of Queensland, South Australia and Victoria, and all of the Australian Capital Territory. It includes the Murray River and Darling River/Baarka and their tributaries...."

https://theconversation.com/with-less-than-a-year-to-go-the-murray-darling-basin-plan-is-in-a-dreadful-mess-these-5-steps-are-needed-to-fix-it-209328
#freshwater #ecosystems #rivers #wetlands #MassFishKills #biodiversity #NSW #irrigation #extraction #transparency #accountability #trust #environment #MurrayDarling #water

Unsustainable extraction at the Murray-Darling Basin: First the gold, then Murray cod.

"Commercial fishing was largely responsible for the decline in Murray cod stocks over many decades. But the decline was hastened by dispossession of Aboriginal peoples, habitat destruction, the construction of dams and barriers, changes to river flows, the introduction of alien fishes and declining water quality."
"Across all jurisdictions, stocks are much lower than prior to European colonisation."
Extract from The Life and Times of the Murray Cod, CSIRO Publishing, 2023.

https://theconversation.com/hungry-gold-miners-created-victorias-murray-cod-fisheries-and-were-still-dealing-with-the-consequences-206768

#Extractivism #rivers #mining #InexhaustibleResources #fish #MassFishKills