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Fish, eels and birds killed in suspected River Spey tributary pollution incident
SEPA is investigating the source as anglers say the salmon population on a two-kilometre stretch could take years to recover.
- The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is investigating a pollution incident at the Knockando burn in Moray, where a suspected caustic soda spill has killed significant numbers of fish and birds.
- Spey Fishery Board director Duncan Ferguson called the damage to a 2-kilometer stretch a "tragic event," stating, "It's a really bad outcome and it didn't have to happen."
- This spill occurred just 10 days after white paint contaminated the Carron burn, another tributary of the River Spey, during peak fly fishing season.
- Salmon populations face a five-year recovery period after experts warned the local population has been "wiped out" by the environmental damage.
- Official figures show Scottish rod catches of salmon slumped to just 28,020, the lowest since records began in 1952, reflecting broader population decline.
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Salmon and other species killed after chemical spills into River Spey tributary
A two-kilometre stretch of the Knockando burn has been ‘destroyed’ after the chemical spill.
·London, United Kingdom
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