Only the occasional “cluster” of dead fish remain on East Coast beaches, two weeks after they washed up.
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The fish washed ashore earlier this month after a push into cooler waters by the East Australian Current caused the death of a variety of tropical species.
The Integrated Marine Observing System said most of the fish appeared to be leatherjackets, although there were also whiting, black sole, pufferfish, boxfish, sea urchins, flathead and even penguins.
It was left to nature to clear the large number of fish littering beaches at St Helens and Ansons Bay.
Break O’Day mayor Mick Tucker said “about 80 or 90 per cent” had been removed.
"You still see a few here and there but not many at all now,” he said.
“As per normal, nature has done its thing.”
Cr Tucker said despite the incident, school holidays had provided a great tourism opportunity for the East Coast.
“Everything has been really good,” he said.
“There’s a lot of people around and the weather has been fine.”