Thousands of fish die in the Rhine, due to heat in Switzerland

The temperatures of the Rhine, which have exceeded 27 degrees Celsius, have caused the death of a large number of fish. The grayling, cold-loving and a member of the salmon family, has been hit particularly hard in the Schaffhausen region of northern Switzerland.

More than a ton of dead grayling has been collected from the waters of the Rhine, the fisheries administration of the Schaffhausen canton told the media gathered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall on Monday. Not far from there, in Lindli, lifeless fish float on the surface of the river.

The increase in fish deaths suggests that the rescue measures adopted so far have been insufficient. The temperatures are simply too high. The section between the lower part of Lake Constance and the Rhine Falls is the most affected. The authorities of the riverine cantons hope that the record values ​​of 2003 will not be repeated.

The Swiss Federation of Fisheries is also concerned about the fate of fish in the fluvial waterways of the central plateau, another habitat for the grayling.

Courtesy of swissinfo.ch

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