Fatal to Fish.
[BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, last night. For some months great quantities of slime have been apparent in Tasman Bay, and this slime has proved highly fatal to fish. Of late it has been less apparent in thisvicinity, but reports just in from Golden Bay state that it is proving increasingly fatal to fish. The captain of the Lady Barkly reports that in steaming from Collingwood to Takaka, and thence to Separation Point, he passed through slime and dead fish the whole way, the fish being so close together that they were not a footstep apart. He observed hapuka, hake, schnapper, cod, herrings, gurnard, and other fish. The beaches of Golden Bay are strewn with dead fish in places to a depth of three feet, and such is the ssenoh that some settlers contemplate leaving their homes for a time. Captain Stevens says the waters are thick with slime and appear a beautiful green by day while at night they are like liquid fire.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 9, 11 January 1901, Page 2
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