camtang Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Is it illegal to flush dead fish? I got asked to at work the other day but said no and put it in the bid. It then started an argument around it. So is it? :dno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I don't think flushing dead fish is illegal. Flushing live ones might bring the wrath of the SPCA down upon you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I also don't think it is 'illegal' but whats the point of putting possible diseases etc in to the waterways. Yes I know the sewerage process is supposed to purify water but fish are found living in the sewerage ponds in NZ having supposedly arrived there through being flushed. If the fish is dead, bury it for fertiliser and put it in a plastic bag for the rubbish collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I don't think it's Illegal, I know at the two main treatment facilities in Auckland they screen out the debris before going into treatment and that gets sent to landfill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Many thanks to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 There is always the question of disease and do we want fish diseases going into our pristine waterways. That of course brings up the question of do we want diseases of humans in our pristine waterways from discharging our sewage there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 can a dead fish be any worse than a toilet load of human poo? and how could a water borne disease not escape being treated by what they do to it at the treatment plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Humans don't normally discharge diseases of fish and a sewage treatment plant is designed to treat human waste. The plant will reduce human contamination, not remove it and it will give very little treatment to fish diseases if any. Trust me neither humans or fish would enjoy drinking the effluent from a sewage treatment works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Allowing an exotic organism to escape into our waterways is a prosecutable activity so technically answer is yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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