UNDIAGNOSED DIE-OFF, FISH - GERMANY: (BADEN-WURTTEMBERG), REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: 25 Aug 2011
Source: Baden Online [in German, machine-trans. summarised, edited] <http://www.baden-online.de/news/artikel.phtml?page_id=67&db=news_lokales&table=artikel_ortenau&id=16878>
Since the beginning of August 2011, fish have been dying in the Wolf river in Oberwolfach. The cause is not yet clarified, and the fishermen are completely clueless. Meanwhile, the fish kill has extended to a length of several kilometers in the Oberwolfach-Kirche/Oberwolfach-Walke area [south western Germany].
Initially, the event affected only grayling and trout; currently, additional fish species are involved. The fish mortality is now shifting further upstream.
Industrial monitoring and environmental protection are being undertaken by the Offenburg police, who have been investigating this event since it began. Several samples of water and fish have been obtained and are being examined in the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office in Freiburg. Fish diseases were not detected in the samples so far; toxicological investigation is continuing.
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[The town of Oberwolfach, in Baden-Wurttemberg, south west Germany, lies between 270 and 948 meters above sea level in the central Schwarzwald (Black Forest) on the river Wolf, a tributary of the Kinzig; map at <http://healthmap.org/r/1bbV>.
Information on the outcome of the epidemiological/laboratory investigation would be appreciated. - Mod.AS]
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