Fish Armageddon Imminent: NSW Minister

Fish Armageddon Imminent: NSW Minister
A small patch of water at Lake Wetherell in the Darling River area in Menindee, Australia on Aug.14, 2019. Mark Evans/Getty Images
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The New South Wales government hopes a $10 million Noah’s Ark style plan will stave off a “potential fish Armageddon” facing the state this summer but critics say the coalition is sticking a band-aid on a gaping self-inflicted wound.

The Berejiklian government’s five-pronged plan aims to marry better research and increased breeding with fish rescue operations to save some of the state’s native fish from a forecast ecological disaster as the drought drags on.