SUNLAND UPDATE: PART 2:Implications of agrichemical spraying on wild fish stocks

摘要

The last issue of Hatchery International brought readers partially up to date with recent developments in the Sunland fish hatchery saga. To recap: Gwen Gilson, at her Sunland Fish Hatchery, located near Lake Cootharaba on Queensland's Sunshine Coast,had successfully raised Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) for many years until the early 1990s when spraying commenced at a newly planted macadamia grove. The hatchery suffered occasional kills and larval deformities, which intensified in 2005,at the same time as the macadamia farm upgraded its spray rig to put a larger plume of chemicals into the atmosphere.