A Third of the Water in the Třeboň Ponds Has Dried up. Due to the Imminent Death of Fish, Premature Fishing Has Begun

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Dried up lakes, swamps full of dead fish in Rétimajor.

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The Třeboň Fishery, which manages eight thousand hectares of water, is missing more than a third of its water. Compared to the usual retained volume of 75 million cubic meters, there is 28 million cubic meters less water in the ponds. Every week, due to extremely high temperatures and lack of precipitation, another 2.5 percent evaporates. Due to the drought, fishermen have started fishing some ponds early, because otherwise the fish would have d…