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Low dissolved oxygen levels behind mass fish death in Australian river

FILE PHOTO: A sign protesting against government management of water allocation is seen on a bridge over the drying-up Darling River at Menindee in western New South Wales, Australia April 25, 2019. Picture taken April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Westbrook/File Photo

Low levels of oxygen in Australia's second longest river were to blame for a mass fish die-off recently in a remote part of New South Wales state, environmental authorities said.

Thousands of dead fish have been found this week in the Darling River near the town of Menindee, around 1,000km (620 miles) west of the state capital Sydney.

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