Fish Deaths In Victoria

[froggo]

Hi everyone,

I thought some of my fellow AP nuts would be intrested and prob a bit sad at the deaths of more fish in victoria.

The fish have been dying at lake Mokoan near Benalla. As part of the decomissioning of the shallow lake it has been left to dry up and return to it's origional swamp land. The DPI have removed some fish but they have left many behind as they said it was not viable to remove the remaining native fish.

The lake as it was when I took these photos last week.
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This dead cod was 80cm, note the foot as size comparison
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These four dead cod were grouped together in a small depression and died together. They were all around the 80cm mark.
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I thought I would post these pics as I know some of you will be intrested and I'm not sure if it made the news anywhere else.

God bless froggo

[aussieap]

It is indeed sad froggo. It is up to ppl like us to keep the flag flying. 80cm Murrays, damn shame. DPI in Victoria have nfi and New South Wales are a close second.

[Dufflight]

I'd of given some of them a good home. We have a few swamps like that out here with the same cracks. I was buying trees the other day and there was a note on the impact of some fast grower and that it may run wild. But has it gotten to the point that we shoud be planting the meanest plants we can find. Let them run wild and cover the place. More green and nature will adapt more to that than us.

[MarkEinOz]

Yeah, the Vic DPI is too busy working out how to be greenies (the wrong kind..), when there should be a massive budget for re-forestation, continually. We are so obsessed by carbon emission trading schemes, that we have overlooked the single best Earth "conditioner" the TREE

Tis a simple fact - no trees - no rain - no rivers - no swamps - no lakes.

The terrible bushfires aside, we still need the mass planting of self-regenerating forests (of the LOCAL species - not blimmin blue gums), particulary in our interior dryland areas. Plant 1,000,000 trees and 100,000 might kick on. Heck thats a win! And needs to be repeated and sustained.

My area in Western Vic is so barren because of generations of d#mn stubborn broad acre farmers (my family included) who still wont spend a cent of even a couple of boxes of tubestock a year for the fence lines and shelter belts. I fear it is approaching the too little too late stage but.....