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Fish kill website:

Fish kill website: reporting and recording fish kill events in the upper Olifants River catchment Olifants River Forum public meeting Jackie Dabrowski , Dec 2012. What can you do about this?.

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Fish kill website:

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  1. Fish kill website: reporting and recording fish kill events in the upper Olifants River catchment Olifants River Forum public meeting Jackie Dabrowski, Dec 2012

  2. What can you do about this?

  3. Develop a web-based fish kill reporting and information base for the upper Olifants River catchment that can be used by anyone with internet access. Ensure fish kills are recorded and archived in an accessible database to enable the detection of high priority areas requiring management action, and to facilitate future research efforts. Connect fish kill reports to the appropriate team of professionals mandated to respond from various management and research institutions. Advancing the Science and Practice of Fish Kill Investigations Van T. La & Steven J. Cooke Reviews in Fisheries Science 19: 21-33 (2011) “A quick, efficient and user-friendly reporting system is required to alert, and if necessary direct investigators to fish kill sites.” “We propose that future fish kill reporting strategies should use simple web-based submission procedures.” Objectives

  4. www.orf.co.za Website live! Report fish kills today!

  5. Why report fish kills specifically? What is the area covered by this service? Who can report fish kills? When should you report a fish kill? How to report a fish kill? Your feedback

  6. Q1 What is a fish kill? Q2 What to do if you observe a fish kill? Q3 What are possible causes of fish kills in the upper Olifants River catchment? Q4 How do you determine the cause of fish kills?

  7. What happens next? • Fish kill summary emailed to response team • Summary available on fish kill database • Response lead and co-ordinated by DWA RQS (Resource Quality Services) • Response team: DWA RQS • DWA Regional Office • DWA Blue Scorpions • Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) • Olifants River Forum • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

  8. Summary • First in South Africa and Africa! • Potential to extend nationally facilitating research and management • Website maintenance by Coaltech • Pollution events apart from fish kills • The record is as important as the diagnosis • Water meters for local managers? • Generating awareness of the service (forums, printed media etc) • Feedback process

  9. Questions and feedback? Jackie Dabrowski Tel: 083 2563159 Email: jdabrowski1@csir.co.za

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