MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of thousands of dead fish which littered Marcoola Beach on Friday. Local woman Lisa Perry took several photographs of the dead fish, including some 18cm whiting.
The majority she found on her 2km walk past the surf club at 4pm were pilchards.
“There were thousands of them,” Ms Perry said.
“When people saw me start taking photographs they came up and asked me if I knew what they were and what had happened.”
Ms Perry said the incident was similar to one in March 2006 when by-catch from commercial trawlers left a trail of dead fish from Coolum Beach to Buddina.
On that occasion the EPA launched an investigation.
“It was terrible. The beach then was thick with fish, but this time there wasn’t as many,” she said.
“Someone mentioned to me yesterday that they had seen a trawler quite close in the morning and that is what they do when they are trawling for prawns, but I don’t know.”
Queensland Seafood Industry Association spokesman Paul Higginbottom said he was unaware of the latest incident but said it would be unusual for trawlers to be in the Marcoola area. Read More
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