http://www.ballina.info/blog/2006/01/27/where-theyre-biting-around-ballina/ Regular information and comments on the Ballina Shire. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.ballina.info/blog/2006/01/27/where-theyre-biting-around-ballina/#comment-11 Ballina counts cost of flooding » Ballina Information Blog Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:43:24 +0000 http://www.ballina.info/blog/2006/01/27/where-theyre-biting-around-ballina/#comment-11 [...] NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann writes: “Unfortunately the flooding has also produced some significant fish kills, mainly around the Wardell area, where reports indicate more than 500 mainly flathead, whiting and bream have died in water depleted of oxygen. DPI Fisheries officers are investigating and news reports indicate that mud worms have also died, meaning that there’s almost zero oxygen from the surface to the bottom.” [...] [...] NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann writes: “Unfortunately the flooding has also produced some significant fish kills, mainly around the Wardell area, where reports indicate more than 500 mainly flathead, whiting and bream have died in water depleted of oxygen. DPI Fisheries officers are investigating and news reports indicate that mud worms have also died, meaning that there’s almost zero oxygen from the surface to the bottom.” [...]

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