04-13-2004, 09:04 PM
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]PHOENIX, AZ—State officials are still trying to determine what killed hundreds of threadfin shad, carp, bass, catfish, walleyes and other fish at Apache Lake. Anglers began finding dead and dying fish March 21. The die-off peaked March 27 and 28.[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]"Based on the on-site investigation, the die-off seems consistent with some sort of water quality event rather than contamination or pollutants," says Jim Warnecke, an Arizona Game and Fish Department fisheries biologist[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Officials will continue their investigation, but believe the fishery as a whole is healthy[/size][/#000000][/font]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]"Based on the on-site investigation, the die-off seems consistent with some sort of water quality event rather than contamination or pollutants," says Jim Warnecke, an Arizona Game and Fish Department fisheries biologist[/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Officials will continue their investigation, but believe the fishery as a whole is healthy[/size][/#000000][/font]
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