Hechingen: Eisweiher is drained - fish death threatens again!

Hechingen: Eisweiher is drained - fish death threatens again!

The Hechinger ice pond is drained in the second half of the October to fix decades of environmental problems. This was announced by the city administration after fish deaths were repeatedly found due to too low water level and lack of oxygen. The Sulzbach, who usually feeds the water, is often dried up in dry summers, which has tightened the critical water situation.

To counteract this, the local council decided to shut down the ice pond as fish waters and initiated the necessary steps. A large part of the fish were fished out in October 2023. The remaining fish are transferred to other waters with the support of the fishing club. The opening of biodiversity and a sustainable handling of natural resources are the focus of this decision, such as www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de reported.