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Deniliquin angler Ian Fisher says he’s heartbroken by the unfolding hypoxic blackwater event in the Edward River system, saying the ‘‘smell of death is everywhere’’.
Boating through the Edward and some of its tributaries on Sunday, the Edward Wakool Angling Association president says he’s never seen anything like it in his lifetime.
Mr Fisher labelled it an ‘‘environmental disaster’’ and is calling on ‘‘politicians and bureaucrats’’ to visit the area from Canberra and Sydney to see the devastation for themselves.
‘‘I’ve witnessed the devastation and hopeless situation unfolding in the Edward River, and no doubt countless other parts of the Murray system, due to hypoxic blackwater.
‘‘I put my boat in at Lawson Syphon (near Deniliquin) and travelled upstream into the Tuppal, Gulpa and Edward where I saw dead fish and dead birds, and the smell of the water was septic.
‘‘The smell of dead fish was right through the system. I saw numerous dead Murray cod up to and over one metre in length, and yellowbelly to 60cm, and judging by the smell thousands and thousands of other fish on the river bed.
Courtesy of regional.sheppnews.com.au
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