Fishing News
High salinity levels could mean fish kills
By Patricia Smith Heupel
NEW BERN -- A lack of rainfall has resulted in the Neuse River being saltier than it usually is this time of year.
As a result, saltwater species have more room to swim, but freshwater fish must swim upstream. And if drought conditions continue, it could result in fish kills later this summer.
"If it doesn't rain between now and November . . . we're going to see some problems somewhere," said Jason Green, environmental biologist with the N.C. Division of Water Quality office in New Bern.
Of course, it all depends on the weather, Green said.
"The whole scenario kind of started last year," Green said.
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