FATAL TO FISH.
■ » THE TASMAN BAY SLIME. A REPORT FROM NELSON. [Per Press Association.] ' ■ NELSON, Jan. Id. For some months great quantities 1 of slime have been apparent in Tasman Bay, and this' slime proved highly fatal to fish. Of late it has been less apparent in this vicinity, but reports just in from Golden Bay- state that it is proving increasingly fatal to fish. . The captain of the steamer Lady Barkly reports -tiiat in steaming from Cqllingwood to Takaka and thence to Separation Point, he passed through slime and dead fish the whole -way, the fish being so close together that they were not a footstep apart. He observed hapuku, hake, schnapper, kahawai, cod, herring, gurnard and other fish. The beaches of Golden Bay are strewnwith dead fish, in places, to the depth of three feet, and such is the stench that some settlers contemplate leaving their homes for a time. At .West Wanganui the beaches are strewn with flounders and other fish. Captain Stevens says that the waters are thick with the slime. . They' appear a beautiful green by day, while at night they are like liquid fire.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12398, 11 January 1901, Page 8
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