Dump of spoiled milk leads to fish kill in Iowa
Associated Press
August 18, 2020
Minnows and small game fish have been found dead in half-mile span in the creek, officials said.
Fish kill
DNR: VHS detected in Lake Winnebago fish
Staff and News Reports
May 4, 2018
Most of the fish were sheepshead. VHS has been detected in lakes Michigan and Winnebago for more than a decade.
DNR: Fish winterkill being reported in lakes near Brainerd, Hinckley, Twin Cities
Minnesota DNR Reports
March 26, 2018
Cold winters with abundant snowfall can lead to fish die-offs and the Minnesota DNR has already taken reports of this process, known as winterkill, occurring in lakes near Brainerd, Hinckley and the Twin Cities area.
Tyson Foods fined $2 million for causing major Missouri fish kill
Associated Press
March 1, 2018
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Tyson Foods Inc.’s poultry subsidiary has been ordered to pay a $2 million fine for discharges from a southwest Missouri plant that caused a fish kill. The U.S. Justice Department announced that
In Ohio, with spring comes fish-kill possibilities
Ohio DNR Reports
February 27, 2018
According to the ODNR Division of Wildlife fisheries biologists, minor fish kills do not significantly impact fish populations or sport fishing opportunities in lakes and reservoirs. Fish kills are fairly common in Ohio, particularly right
Lab tests indicate massive Iowa fish kill caused by dairy runoff
Iowa DNR
November 1, 2017
DYERSVILLE – The Iowa DNR received laboratory results last week confirming that ammonia toxicity in runoff from a dairy was responsible for an October fish kill in Dubuque County. The DNR fisheries report shows 60,278
Fines handed out after manure spills kill 67,000 fish in Ohio
Associated Press
October 13, 2017
The operators of three agriculture businesses have been told to pay more than $30,000.
Trout hit hard in Iowa fish-kill incident
Iowa DNR
August 1, 2017
Fisheries staff counted approximately 1,260 trout, 673 white suckers and 300 other dead fish.
DNR confirms virus involved in large Lake St. Clair fish kill
Michigan DNR
May 1, 2017
Initially, the fish kill was mostly gizzard shad, but now is widening to more species and is likely to affect tens of thousands of fish.
