Mark Patterson, 50, was fined for the incident on the Dunore River in which almost 1,500 fish died.
A County Antrim farmer has been fined £1,000 and ordered to pay more than £1,700 in compensation after a fish kill incident.A water quality inspector had found agricultural effluent was flowing into the Dunore River in May 2021.
It was found to be coming from a small sheugh, after a slurry tank outlet had not been closed properly.Discharges from slurry tanks can destroy fish spawning sites and enrich fungi in rivers, which may starve invertebrates of oxygen.Effluents with high ammonia levels are directly toxic to fish. It was acknowledged in court that Mr Patterson had carried out clean-up activities to prevent further discharges into the Dunore River.Almost 1500 dead fish were counted by the Department of Agricultural and Environment Fisheries Officers in the days following the spill.Related Topics
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