Are there any connections with industrial land uses, increasing salinity, and acid sulphate soils issues, with Karlodinium micrum and fish kills?
There are no direct links between the above issues, however, each issue will stress the system and make it more susceptible to small changes in the system, such as unseasonal rain or prolonged hot weather. The aquatic biota will also be more susceptible to toxins produced by alga if they are already stressed by poor water quality and reduced food and habitat availability. What is being done to help the river system? The Swan–Canning Cleanup Program Action Plan – Tackling Nutrients The Swan-Canning Cleanup Program was established in 1994 with the aim to reduce the frequency and severity of algal blooms in the Swan-Canning Estuary by tackling nutrients entering the river system. The SCCP Action Plan was launched in 1999 with a focused set of actions to: 1. support Integrated Catchment Management to reduce nutrient inputs; 2. improve planning and land-use management to reduce nutrient inputs; 3. modify river conditions to reduce algal blooms; and 4. monitor river health, fill critical gap
