Coorong Fish Deaths

In reply to the Hon. T.A. FRANKS ().27 June 2024).

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I am advised:

On 10 April 2024 the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) biosecurity division was made aware of a Facebook post indicating that there had been a fish kill in the South Lagoon region of the Coorong. However, no evidence of a fish kill was detected when government officers attended the location on the following day.

The earliest confirmed fish kill in the South Lagoon region of the Coorong was reported to PIRSA via news media on 3 June.