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Tonnes of dead fish pulled from Darling in river clean up

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Hundreds of thousands of fish have been found dead in NSW's far west, the state government says Source: AAP

An expert has warned against making rash decisions about Australia's biggest river system as NSW authorities drag tonnes of dead fish out of the Darling River.


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An expert has warned against making rash decisions about Australia's biggest river system as NSW authorities drag tonnes of dead fish out of the Darling River.


A Murray-Darling expert has urged people to keep faith with a world-leading river basin plan despite the "deeply saddening" Menindee fish deaths.

More than three tonnes of dead fish have been scooped out of the Darling River in NSW's far west in recent days as locals, irrigators and politicians argue over who's to blame for the catastrophe.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries estimates close to one million fish died over the weekend - the latest in a series of mass fish deaths in the area this summer.

 

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