Fish kill

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And coming up, more on that mass fish kill in Solomon Islands, Western Province.

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Another mass fish kill has occurred, this time in Solomon Islands' western province, with villagers saying hundreds of dead fish have washed ashore near the Dekosu Conservation Area on Vanganu Island, while similar events have been reported in parts of Papua New Guinea and the El Nino, where the system has been cited as a factor.

In the Solomons, the reasons are not so clear right now, and Country Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Alec Hughes, says further investigations are needed to establish exactly how the fish came to die.