Fire At Redhill Contained, Hiking Trails Closed
Cape Town, SANParks - The Fire Management team at Table Mountain National Park has contained a fire that affected Redhill in the Southern Section of t...
It is still predominantly Grunter that is being collected although we did also collect 2 Mullet and 1 Black Finned Eel.
The mortality has been very localised and limited to mostly the area south of the picnic area at Placid Waters and north of the slipway off Kingfisher Drive. The mullet were found off the Island and 1 Grunter was found close to Pine Lake Marina.
Detailed sampling included the following with findings:
Acting Area Manager, Carel van der Merwe has thanked the Wilderness Field Rangers for collecting and handling dead rotting fish. He further thanked the Sedgefield community members and media for assisting to identify this problem. He also cautioned residents not to pick up dead fish, even if it does not smell rotten, and take it home for the braai.