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Colac vacuums out 40 tonnes of dead carp. The bigger problem remains.
A suction truck has removed an estimated 40,000 kilograms of dead carp from Barongarook Creek. The smell persists, and longer-term controls remain undecided.
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What we knew first
- A suction-equipped truck has been vacuuming dead carp out of Barongarook Creek—about 40,000 kilograms of them so far. Even after that removal, residents in Colac, south-west Victoria, are still living with the smell of rotting fish.
