Fish Death

CompanyThe Straits Times
PhotographerLim Yaohui
PrizeGold in Press / Nature/Environmental
Entry Description

Dead fish found along the shoreline of Pasir Ris beach, Singapore on Mar 03 2015. Thousands of dead fishes have washed up at Pasir Ris beach, Singapore since the weekend on Feb 28 2015. The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said the post-mortem results of fish samples collected from the affected farms indicated the fish had died as a result of gill damage caused by plankton in seawater.

About Photographer

Lim Yaohui (b. 1982) is a photojournalist with The Straits Times in Singapore. His passion for nature and the environment led him to work as a horticulturist with the Singapore Botanic Gardens after graduating from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Life Sciences in 2007. In 2012, he left to pursue photography and became a full time photojournalist in 2016.