"Massive Fish Die-Off Devastates Australian River"

As many as a million fish, predominantly Bony Herring, have died in the Darling River at Menindee in outback New South Wales, Australia due to low oxygen levels in the water caused by hypoxia as flood waters recede, exacerbated by the current hot weather in the region. The river has experienced strain from flooding conditions and has been the site of several mass fish kill events in recent years. Claims of water mismanagement and poor river health have been raised by locals as a potential cause of the mass deaths, but the DPI has denied this in the past.