Don't Eat Dead Fish from Meridian Pond

Dead fish in the recently opened Kleiner Pond in Meridian may be harmful if eaten. The city of Meridian recently treated aquatic weeds in the pond in the newly opened Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park. The treatment apparently killed fish stocked in the pond. Fishery official say the fish may contain enough copper from the treatment to make them unfit for human consumption. Conservation Officer Charlie Justus warns anyone who may have picked up dead fish at the pond not to eat them.