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Millions of fish have died in a massive fish kill near Menindee in outback NSW.

Millions of native fish wash up dead near Menindee in outback NSW

The deaths have most likely been caused by low oxygen levels as floods recede, a situation made worse by fish needing more oxygen because of the warmer weather.

  • Stephanie Gardiner

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Menindee Lakes.

River managers fight to save Menindee Lakes from flood of deadly blackwater

A flood peak laden with deoxygenated water is pouring into the Menindee Lakes system in Far West NSW, site of the catastrophic fish kills in 2019.

  • Mike Foley
Dead fish in Parramatta River.

Deadly black water event triggers mass fish deaths on Parramatta River

And a fish kill warning has been issued for the Darling River, with up to a million native fish at risk of being swamped by floodwaters.

  • Laura Chung and Mike Foley
For the first time in a decade, the Menindee Lakes system in far western NSW are likely to fill to capacity. The NSW government wants to alter the regulations so that it can’t be drained as quickly as in the past.

‘Fish don’t respect borders’: Move to bolster Menindee Lakes reserves

The Berejiklian government has told other states it wants the operating rules of one of the Murray-Darling Basin’s biggest lake systems changed to cut the risks of mass fish kills on the Darling River.

  • Peter Hannam
Fuller Lake in May 2019, and, right, in May 2021 - gif

From desert to inland sea as 800 billion litres flows into Menindee Lakes

Menindee Lakes, one of the largest lake systems in the Murray-Darling Basin, are filling fast with the biggest inflows in five years, allowing releases into the Baaka-Darling River downstream. 

  • Peter Hannam
Water flows from Lake Wetherell into Lake Pamamaroo, and will end up soon in Menindee Lakes.

Big inland flows to fill Menindee Lakes for first time in five years

Residents of far-western NSW are gearing up for the arrival of floodwaters down the Barwon-Darling, giving Menindee Lakes its first big fill in five years. 

  • Peter Hannam
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Noah Hindmarsh looks at a cyanobacterial bloom near Menindee on the Darling River earlier this month.

‘World of hurt’: Toxic blooms take over Lower Darling River as dam debate ramps up

A red-alert for toxic cyanobacterial blooms has been issued for almost the entire Lower Darling River, with fears another big fish kill is imminent without significant new flows.

  • Peter Hannam
The Menindee Lakes in far west NSW.

Menindee Lakes: Site of massive fish-kill still being mismanaged

The Menindee Lakes, 1000 kilometres west of Sydney, need urgent protection to avoid another ecological disaster.

  • Jane MacAllister
Premier Gladys Berejiklian visited Menindee as the first of millions of Murray cod were returned to the Darling River.

Berejiklian says NSW is emerging from drought as fish returned to Darling River

More than 60,000 Murray cod were returned to the Darling River near Menindee after hundreds of thousands of fish were killed two years ago.

  • Alexandra Smith
The major restocking program, will result in juvenile Murray cod, golden perch and silver perch being released.

Two million fish to be released into Murray-Darling system

After massive fish death events in multiple locations across the basin over the past 18 months comes a welcome restocking.

  • Lisa Visentin

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