AN INVESTIGATION is being carried out by the Inland Fisheries Board to determine the exact cause of a suspicious fish kill in the Tolka River last week.
An estimated 200 fish suddenly died over the space of about 90 minutes along a small stretch of the river between Mulhuddart and Castlecurragh last Tuesday afternoon (August 6).
The incident occurred at about 2pm when passers-by noticed a large amount of fish jumping repeatedly out of the water. By around 3.30pm all the fish were either dead or dying.
Chairman of the Tolka River Environmental Alliance (TREA), Philip Jennings, believes a pollutant, either accidently or neglectfully released into the water, caused the incident.
“People think there’s not many fish in the river but in just that small stretch we saw about 60 dead fish – and that’s just really the trout, it’s not counting all the pinkeens and sticklebacks and all other fish that are there,” he told Northside People……
Dublin People 12/08/2013 Read the article ‘Pollution suspected after local fish kill’
