Queensland authorities are investigating the death of thousands of fish, which were washed on the popular Gold -Kost.
The State Department of Environment said that on the northern part Golden coast From the last environment, but there was no obvious source of pollution.
The representative said that water quality monitoring “pointed to high water temperature and low dissolved oxygen in this area”, which could cause fish death.
Concerned locals posted a video showing dead fish along the shore of a popular place on weekends and expressed disappointment that warning signs seem to not exist for swimmers.
The President of Save The South Gold Coast, Kath Down, said: “There were thousands of fish, which, obviously, have been there for a long time.”
“It smelled terrible. They were all water and on the tide line, ”she said.
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Down was concerned about families with young children, in this area swam, especially when the cause of the incident was still established.
“We do not know what they died from – regardless of whether they pursued a predator or there was not enough oxygen – but the children should not be with them in the water,” she said.
The representative of the city council Gold -Kost said that water quality tests showed that “water is safe for swimming, but we ask people to avoid this area while cleaning is going on.”
“The city works with the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation to investigate this issue,” they said.
Dr. Leonoardo Guide, a marine biologist from the Australian Marine Society of Nature Protection, said that although the authorities still determine the cause of fish death, “early messages suggest that they are associated with temperature, and, as a result, there is low oxygen in the water.”
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Guide, generally speaking, the body temperature of the fish was “dictated by water.”
As the water temperature grew, the levels of fish activity increased, and it required more oxygen.
“If you have water that becomes so hot that it does not have enough oxygen to support this, the fish will literally strangle to death,” he said.
In recent years, the oceans have experienced record high temperatures in Australia.
The guide said that the higher ocean temperatures affect the sea life throughout the country, pointing to mass sea deaths from Flowering of algae of Southern Australia And Coral bleaching from Western Australia, including at the Ningaloo reefAs recent examples.
He said that such events touched biodiversity, community and economics and emphasized the need for a quick transition to pure zero. He said that a policy that helps increase the resistance in sea species populations, including species that were commercially important, would be important.
The representative of the Environmental Environment Department said that the council employees collected water samples, and the results will be considered as soon as they become affordable.
They called on public representatives to report any deadly cases on the hotline of the pollution of the Department 1300 130 372.
