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In 1996 the DWQ Environmental Sciences Section (ESS), in consultation with Regional Office staff, Wildlife Resources biologists, and Division of Marine Fisheries personnel instituted a new fish kill investigation procedure to be used by the DWQ Regional Offices and other agencies to collect and track information on fish kills throughout the state. Fish kill and fish health data are recorded on a standardized form and sent to the Division’s ESS where the data are reviewed. Fish kill investigation forms and supplemental information sent to the ESS are compiled in a central database where the data can be managed and retrieved for use in reporting to concerned parties. Fish kills and disease events often involve a host of factors and underlying causes, therefore, it is the Division’s intent to gather as much information as possible surrounding an event from all involved parties. Fish kill information received by the ESS will be summarized at this site on a weekly basis during the fish kill season (June to October). Investigators must confirm that at least 25 fish were affected before the kill event is reported here.

Reported Fish Kill Events - 2009
Click on DWQ Number for summary report

Date	Waterbody	Location	County	DWQ Number
3/9/2009	Trib to Schoolhouse Branch	MCAS Cherry Point	Craven	WA09005
5/1/2009	Pamlico River	Washington Park	Beaufort	WA09001
5/12/2009	Neuse River	Carolina Pines	Craven	WA09002
5/13/2009	Private Pond off Crooked Creek	near Fairview	Union	MO09001
5/13/2009	Slocum Creek	Southwest Prong	Craven	WA09003
5/17/2009	Neuse River	Wilkinson Point	Craven	WA09004
5/19/2009	UT Smiths Creek	Stormwater Pond	New Hanover	WL09001
5/29/2009	Pine Lake	near Roxboro	Person	RA09001
6/10/2009	Blounts Creek	near Blounts Bay	Beaufort	WA09006
6/14/2009	Pungo Creek	near Sullivan Point	Beaufort	WA09008
6/17/2009	Hawks Pond	near New Bern	Craven	WA09007
6/22/2009	Broad Creek	near Belhaven	Beaufort	WA09009
6/26/2009	Blounts Bay	Blounts Creek	Beaufort	WA09010
6/26/2009	Neuse River	Fisher Landing Point	Craven	WA09011
7/2/2009	Bennetts Creek	below Millpond Dam	Gates	WA09012
7/2/2009	Neuse River	Carolina Pines	Craven	WA09013
7/9/2009	Merchants Millpond	------	Gates	WA09014
7/23/2009	Airlie Gardens Pond	Pond 2	New Hanover	WL09002
08/12/2009	Pamlico Sound	Oregon Inlet	Dare	WA09015
08/13/2009	MacGregor Lake	Cary	Wake	RA09002
08/14/2009	Raintree Lake	near Goldsboro	Wayne	WA09020
08/18/2009	Private Pond	Matthews Millpond Rd	Harnett	FA09001
08/19/2009	Pamlico River	Camp Hardee	Beaufort	WA09016
08/21/2009	Neuse River	Flanners Beach to Slocum Creek	Craven	WA09017
08/23/2009	Blounts Creek	above Cotton Patch Landing	Beaufort	WA09018
08/24/2009	South Creek	near Idalia	Beaufort	WA09019
08/26/2009	Blounts Bay	West Side	Beaufort	WA09021
8/27/2009	Pamlico River	Swan Point	Beaufort	WA09022
9/4/2009	Neuse River	Black Beacon Point to Carolina Pines	Craven	WA09025
9/16/2009	Northwest Creek	Fairfield Harbor	Craven	WA09024
9/16/2009	Neuse River	New Bern	Craven	WA09023
9/29/2009	Broad Creek	near mouth	Pamlico	WA09026
11/27/09	High Rock Lake	Second Creek Arm	Rowan	MO09002

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Historic Events

1997,1998,1999, 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008

Time Lapse Movie of Fish Kill Events , 1997 to 2008

Annual Fish Kill Reports

1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007, 2008

Additional Information

Counting Procedures for Fish Kills
Fish Sample Preservation and Shipment
Bycatch Information
Who to Contact in DWQRegarding Fish Kills

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