Over 2,000 Fish Dead in ‘Major Fish Kill’ in Co Derry River

29th November 2023

Sea trout are understood to be among the more than 2,000 fish killed in the Muff River last week Credit: Loughs Agency

A “major fish kill” in a Co Derry river has tallied than 2,000 fish across a range of species, as BBC News reports.

The incident was discovered last Friday morning (24 November) on the Muff River in Eglinton, near the City of Derry Airport.

A report on Belfast Live suggests that sea trout returning to the river to lay eggs are among those killed by a pollutant in the watercourse.

An investigation is now under way by the Loughs Agency and Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), who say the have establised a “specific line of enquiry”.

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