Politicians Call for Action on Mass Fish Deaths in Australia’s New South Wales

A small patch of water at Lake Wetherell in the Darling River area in Menindee, Australia, on Aug. 14, 2019. Mark Evans/Getty Images

Politicians are calling for the urgent removal of the millions of dead fish that are clogging the waterways of the lower Darling-Baaka River near Menindee, in the far west of New South Wales (NSW).