Abstract |
In 1964, the Public Health Service received 485 official reports of fish kills occurring in various fresh and marine waters of the United States. This was by far the largest number of reports ever received and the number of fish killed was also the largest, an estimated 18,387,000. The report lists these kills as: Historical summary of pollution-caused fish kills; Fish-kill summary by State; Fish kill summary by source of pollution; Fish kills by operations; By type of water body; By type of water; By month; Fish kill summary by severity of kill; Distribution of duration by severity; By degree of severity. |