Apocalyptic Fish Die-off at Maninjau Lake in Indonesia – March 2014

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Residents around Maninjau Lake are experiencing a massive fish mass die-off. Scientitsts believe it is due to a sudden change in weather conditions!

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The lake is covered by dead fishes

According to locals, this is not the first time. Back in 2009, a storm liberated poisonous sulphur and fish-feeding sediments from the lake bottom, which resulted in around 7,000 tons of dead fish.

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Dead fish at the surface of the Maninjau lake, Indonesia in March 2014. Photo: PAF

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  1. I remember a big fishkill in lake Laninjau in the year 1997. But there were not as many karamba’s (net cages) in the lake as today !
    It may well be a hundred times worse now !

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