Final prawn farm on Logan River tests positive for white spot disease

By Toby Crockford
Updated February 14 2017 - 7:08pm, first published 6:21pm
A green prawn with white spot disease.
A green prawn with white spot disease.
Decomposing fish caught in the Fitzroy River in central Queensland on Tuesday morning. Photo: David Swindells (Supplied)
Decomposing fish caught in the Fitzroy River in central Queensland on Tuesday morning. Photo: David Swindells (Supplied)

As the chlorine trucks rolled in on Tuesday morning, the last remaining prawn farm on the Logan River south of Brisbane was lost for the better part of the year.