"fish kill" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe an event or occurrence in which a large number of fish die in a body of water. It can also refer to the act of intentionally killing fish, such as for fishing or harvesting purposes. Example: "The recent heat wave caused a massive fish kill in the river, leaving a devastating impact on the local ecosystem."
While it might have been Pfiesteria that caused the fish kill, there is no way to know for sure.
Earlier today, British Petroleum began this operation known as "top kill," which comes on the heels of their previous operations, "fish kill" and "bird kill".
He said officials had been too quick to discount the pesticide and conclude that low oxygen levels probably caused the fish kill.
If wildlife officials find a suspicious fish kill, restrictions on water use may well be imposed even before laboratory tests confirm the presence of Pfiesteria.
SCIENTISTS say a massive fish kill in late December in Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton was probably caused by a toxic algal bloom.
Open image in new window Fig. 13 Decadal changes of the frequency of fish kill incidents over the Omani coast.
The early records on fish kill incidents along the Omani coast overlooking the western Arabian Sea are date back to the mid 1970s.
These physical and chemical changes were accompanied by declining chlorophyll-a concentrations, vertical macrofaunal habitat compression, declining sardine landings and an increase of fish kill incidents along the Omani coast.
Fisheries data were complemented by data on fish kill incidents along the Omani coast, available from the archives of the Marine Science and Fisheries Research Center (Muscat, Oman) and published by Al-Gheilani et al. (2011).
Since then, monitoring of algal blooms and fish kill incidents has been carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries at several points along the ~3000 km of the Omani coast.
Plant, animal and human disease outbreak, fish kill and foul odour are potential results of uncontrolled land application of waste, and some researchers have shown that composting can suppress diseases (Veeken et al. 2005).
