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Last Updated:  Saturday, 22 March, 2003, 11:53 GMT
Pollution blamed for fish kill
Trout
Trout were among the fish killed
Thousands of fish have been killed along a two-mile stretch of river in County Antrim.

It is the second major fish kill on the Inver River at Larne within two years.

A local company was fined for causing the pollution after the last incident in May 2001.

Local anglers and Fisheries Conservancy Board officials believed this latest incident may have been caused by a spillage of pig slurry.

The bodies of many salmon and trout have been recovered from the river.




SEE ALSO:
River hit by fish kill
28 May 01 |  Northern Ireland
Fish kill source 'identified'
27 Aug 02 |  Northern Ireland
Health warning after fish kill
25 Jul 00 |  Northern Ireland


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