A MYSTERIOUS SLIME.
GREAT MORTALITY AMONG- FISH, . (Pep, United Press Association.) . NELSON, January 10. For some months great quantities 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 Lady Barkly reports that in steaming from Collingwood 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 haptika, hake, schnapper, ka-wai, cod, herrings, gurnard, and other fish. The beaches of Golden Bay are strewn with dead fish in places to a depth of 3ft, and such is the stench that some settlers contemplate leaving their homes for a time. At West- Wangaiiui the beaches are strewn with flounders and other fish. Captain Stevens says the waters are thick with slime, and appear a beautiful green ibv day, while at night they are like liquid firs.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11938, 11 January 1901, Page 5
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183A MYSTERIOUS SLIME. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11938, 11 January 1901, Page 5
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