According to the New Zealand Herald, authorities in New Zealand are looking into a regrettable occurrence in which thousands of young eels, or elongated ray-finned fish, washed up in the Kauritutahi stream.
This year’s significant deaths occurred for the second time.
Concerned officials from the Ministry for Primary Industries launched an investigation to determine the reason for the deaths of more than 3,500 young eels.
Although the poisonous pollutant was found to be the cause of the incident on the northernmost flank of the North Island, researchers are not discounting the possibility that stress events could be brought on by the consequences of climate change.
The story quoted Biosecurity NZ acting team manager Rissa Williams as saying that “it’s possible the mortality could have been caused by a stress event.”
