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Acres of shellfish dead in north Auckland estuary
From http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/acres-of-shellfish-dead-in-north-auckland-estuary.html
(video at link)
Acres of shellfish dead in north Auckland estuary
14/05/2018
Isobel Ewing
Acres of shellfish have died in the past month in a north Auckland estuary smothered by mud.
That's according to an environmental group that's urging the council to force developers to limit the amount of sediment they discharge from building sites.
The Long Bay-Okura Great Park Society says the sediment has led to mass death of cocklebeds in the past month
"The death mortality area is very localised round the Okura Estuary and north of the Weiti development," the group's deputy convenor Peter Townsend says.
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14/05/2018
Isobel Ewing
Acres of shellfish have died in the past month in a north Auckland estuary smothered by mud.
That's according to an environmental group that's urging the council to force developers to limit the amount of sediment they discharge from building sites.
The Long Bay-Okura Great Park Society says the sediment has led to mass death of cocklebeds in the past month
"The death mortality area is very localised round the Okura Estuary and north of the Weiti development," the group's deputy convenor Peter Townsend says.
...
More at link.