Southland farmer fined $130,000 for killing thousands of eels

Friday 14 March 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Fri 14 Mar 2025, 7:21pm

In this story Environment Southland

Bryson Clark was fined $130,000 in the Gore District Court after discharging farm effluent and leachate into the Low Burn Stream. The contamination caused the deaths of thousands of eels in a tributary of the Mataura River. Environment Southland says the ecological damage could take up to 10 years to recover.

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1. StuffFri 14 Mar 2025, 5:41pm

   Farmer fined $130,000 for mass death of eels in Southland (opens in new tab)

2. Otago Daily TimesFri 14 Mar 2025, 6:21pm

   'One of the worst things I've ever seen or smelt or felt in my life' (opens in new tab)

3. 1NewsFri 14 Mar 2025, 7:21pm

   Gore man fined $130,000 after effluent kills thousands of eels (opens in new tab)