Warm weather and storms may have contributed to the deaths in Warwickshire, environment bosses say.
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Barford Angling Association has acted saying it did not want to put surviving fish under "undue pressure".The Environment Agency said the recent hot weather may have caused a lethal lack of oxygen.Fishing has been suspended at the Barford Angling Association in Warwickshire Angling club secretary Paul King, said thousands of very small fish had been spotted floating down the river.
"I've been fishing this venue for over 30 years - and fishing different venues for even longer - and I've never seen this sort of death of fish on this scale ever before."The EA said that during the summer months its staff respond to many reports of fish in distress.
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