Hundreds of dead carp washed ashore of Lake Simcoe

Hundreds of dead carp washed ashore of Lake Simcoe


Toronto - The dead carp have returned to the shores of Lake Simcoe by the hundreds.

Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield told 680News it's not a public health risk and carp appear to be the only fish impacted by the annual die off.

She says the MNR is monitoring the situation very closely.

"The most common reason actually is disease. And that's what we're finding here. We believe that these carp that are now in the hundreds -- it could be in the thousands -- were probably diseased," explained Cansfield.

It's mostly along the eastern shore between Keswick and Lagoon city.

Last year thousands of dead carp washed ashore in the Kawartha Lakes.
Durham Region is offering a special Monday-only curbside pick-up of the dead fish. York Region residents can put them in the green bin.