Notable Events
The counts given below are all estimates. They tend to be underestimates, and may omit, for example, small fish, those removed by scavengers and those that settle to the bottom.
| Event/Location | Date | Count | Species | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Mexico (Corpus Christi) | 1935 | 22000000 !22,000,000 | Caused by red tide. This event caused coughing, sneezing and watery red eyes in humans. | |
| River Aeron | 1974 | 00010000 !10,000 | salmon, trout | Discharge of creamery waste through poorly maintained sewer. Successful prosecution followed. |
| River Neath | 1976 | 00050000 !50,000 | salmon, trout | Extreme drought left fish stranded in stagnant pools into which sewers drained. |
| River Ogmore | 1979 | 00050000 !50,000 | salmon, trout | Spillage of Kymene from a paper mill on the River Llynfi a tributary of the Ogmore. Successful prosecution followed and substantial compensation. |
| Gulf of Mexico | 1986 | 22000000 !22,000,000 | Gulf menhaden, striped mullet, various other species | Caused by red tide. |
| Rhine River | 1986 01 | 00500000 !500,000 | Caused by spill from Swiss chemical warehouse | |
| Texas coast | 1997–1998 | 21000000 !21,000,000 | Caused by a bloom of Karenia brevis | |
| White River; West Fork, Indiana | 1999 | 4800000 !4,800,000 | Caused by an automotive parts maker in Anderson, Indiana, which had discharged 10,000 gallons of the chemical HMP 2000 into the river. | |
| River Dee (United Kingdom) | 2002 07 | 00100000 !100,000 | salmon, trout, perch | Unconfirmed link to release of whey into river |
| Klamath River | 2002 09 | 00070000 !70,000 | salmon | Low flow of water due to drought and water diversions for agriculture led to heated and shallow water, increasing vulnerability to a gill disease. |
| Neuse River, North Carolina | 2004 09 | 01900000 !1,900,000 | menhaden | "Natural upwelling" of an acknowledged polluted river. Hydrogen sulfide smell reported |
| Taal Lake, Luzon, Philippines | 2008 01 05 | 00010000 !50 metric tons | tilapia | May be linked to volcanic activity and large fish farms |
| Liuxihe River Guangzhou People's Republic of China | 2008 09 09 | 00010000 !10,000 | carp | Unknown |
| Beaches at Thanet, Kent, England | 2010 01 | 00010000 !20,000 | velvet crab | 20000 + dead crabs – along with dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones. Probably killed by hypothermia. |
| Ting River Fujian People's Republic of China | 2010 07 | 01000000 !>1,000,000 Enough to feed 70,000 people a year | Part of the Zijin mining disaster | |
| Mississippi River; Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana | 2010 09 | 00100000 !100,000 | redfish, trout, flounder | |
| Arkansas River; Ozark, Arkansas | 2010 12 | 00100000 !100,000 | freshwater drum | Coincided with death of 5,000 Red-winged Blackbirds that fell from the sky. |
| Chesapeake Bay | 2011 01 | 02000000 !2,000,000 | spot croakers | Included some juvenile croakers. Cold water stress was believed to be the cause. |
| Jiaxing Xiuzhou District People's Republic of China | 2011 01 06 | 00250000 !250,000 | bream, carp, murrel, silver carp, grass carp | Fish caught and transported to market held in large fish tanks fed with river water. Very rapid die-off and loss exceeded 100 tonnes. Only fish caught from a river under China National Highway 320 east died. |
| Redondo Beach, California | 2011 03 | 01000000 !millions | anchovies, mackerel, sardines and other small fish | Caused by oxygen deprivation |
| Taal Lake, Batangas, Philippines | 2011 05 29 | 00010000 !750 metric tons | Tilapia, milkfish | Caused by oxygen deprivation and large fish farms |
| Lingayen Gulf, Anda, Pangasinan, Philippines | 2011 05 30 | 00010000 !500 metric tons | Milkfish | Oxygen depletion and change of water climate |
| Nordreisa, Troms, Norway | 2011 12 31 | several tons | herring | |
| Guangxi, People's Republic of China | 2012 01 15 | 40,000 kilograms | Various | Caused by 2012 Guangxi cadmium spill |
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