October 30, 2013 - ASIA - The following constitutes the latest reports of mass die-off of fish across Asia.
Tons of dead fish and other sea creatures were washed ashore on the long stretch of the otherwise picturesque Juhu beach on Saturday morning, sending local residents and ecological experts into a tizzy. Rumour mills began doing the rounds about an impending ecological disaster.
When SUNDAY MiD DAY visited the site yesterday, among the dead marine life was a nine feet-long eel, a large (over five feet-long) octopus and dozens of stingrays. The entire stretch of the beach was full of dead sea creatures.
Complaining about his dead catch, 50-year-old fisherman Suresh Dandekar said he was anticipating a big catch of fresh fish, when he docked his boat at dawn. “Finding dead fish is nothing new for people like me, who have spent their entire life at sea. But what we have witnessed today is terrible. Not a single fish in the entire catch is fit for human consumption,” said Dandekar.
Trying his best to clear up the mess, China Tambi, a BMC cleanup marshall, said it was not possible for even a large team of workers to collect and dispose the dead fish. “Since morning, I have been witnessing fishermen emptying their catch of dead fish on the beach, as it cannot be sold in the market. How so many fish are dying is a mystery and can only be answered by an expert,” she said.
Official speak
SMD contacted Shankar Gajbaje, marine biologist and officer-in-charge of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), an autonomous research organisation. Based on the information given by this newspaper, he said his team of scientists was at the beach to collect samples, which would be analysed in their lab and ascertain cause of the mass death.
He added that a probable cause could be massive dumping by commercial trawlers in deeper waters. “Such dumpers are known to discard fish which do not have commercial value, or if they experience torn fishing nets.”
Promising quick action, Raju Vasave, regional officer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board said he would dispatch his team of officers to investigate the matter. “There is no source of industrial waste in the vicinity of Juhu beach, so we can only plot the future course of action once the site is inspected and samples are collected for further analysis,” he said.
Investigations on
A three-member team from the NIO returned with samples later in the day. Amit Patil, one of the scientists, said the incoming high tide was making their efforts difficult, but they had managed to collect over 20 species of dead fish and crabs for lab analysis. “Prima facie, the samples are found only in deeper waters and finding them dead on the coast is a cause of concern. We have also collected water samples for our lab analysis,” said Patil. - Daijiworld.
Autumn Miluo Jiang Jiangnan ferry embankment on both sides, waterfowl flocks. Sometimes there thirty-two egrets patrol the river, saw the fish outcrop, a lightning speed to a quasi Diao.
But recently the scene, made these egrets dumbfounded: outcrop river full of fish. Yet when they are three thousand three hundred twenty-two out, could not dive Shique mouth - are all dead!
Into a piece of dead fish also let the masses Dukou quite worried that they hope the relevant departments to take measures as soon as possible, to identify the specific cause of death of fish and dead fish timely salvaged do sound processing.
Ferry there was a large dead fish
October 26 morning, I pass by Lei Shi Township is located in southern embankment crossing, surprised to find that in shallow water on both sides of the riverbank packed full of dead fish. These fish are mostly smaller heads, some only a little more than rough fingers, bits and pieces scattered in the river bank.
"Look there, more dead fish too!" Under the guidance of the residents in the vicinity, I walk along the river all the way up, and she saw a lot of dead fish, large and small, big five or six pounds a small, only thirty-five cm long, vast white one. Where piles of dead fish, the river is more turbid, a gust of wind blowing, can smell the stench in the air, and many people had to cover their through the nose.
"This phenomenon is not a day." Ferry boatman Changlin said that a week ago, the band began to appear dead, in the past has never been the case, "In the beginning all forty-five cm long fish when no one pay attention to, and later began to fish. then go on like death, ecology have been destroyed. "
Many dead fish were picked up to go home residents
During the interview, I found that most of the transition of the public face of the dead fish noses over, may also have some nearby residents died just picked up from the river near the fish to take home.
"Such a small fish died, really a shame." Are working around the father lamented Lee said a few days ago, more dead fish floating in the river, and now most of them were washed away, when the He also used homemade tool salvage a long time, chose some head to the big house, his wife worried that these dead fish contaminated not dare to eat.
Lee Davis said that when the dead fish first appeared to pick up a particularly large number of residents, and even there are people who take nets to catch fish, and later found dead fish into pieces, retrieve go not to eat fish, feed the cat had brought.
Within a few days, groups of fish pulls out a white belly, what is the reason? Nearby residents speculation about this. Some said that he had seen someone in the night on the river shock Huazhexiaochuan fishing; Some say that it may be someone medication assisted fishing, poisoned the fish; Some have even said, the river may be contaminated, resulting in dead fish into tablets.
However, I look around, here is the Miluo River into the Xiangjiang River entrance, flat expanse along the river side only farmland and residential areas, no chemical companies, but did not see the alignment of the river outfall.
Do not eat dead fish may be harmful
After receiving the masses, to the waters of the environmental protection department investigation, after investigation, found near the residential area, no chemical enterprises sewage into the river, but were detected and analyzed, we found that the river water quality is also a safe range.
Analysis of environmental law enforcement officers, mass mortality of fish, excluding the possibility of electric shock fishing, but there are fish in an area the possibility of poisoning. "Because of the incident has been ten days, and now on the river of the water sample, it is difficult to identify what is contaminated with water."
Staff said that although it is not entirely sure of the cause of death of fish, but there are dead fish have appeared illustrate water quality problems, dead fish must not be eaten, because the fish died may absorb some of the harmful substances, people eat may be harmful to health. Also reminded residents picked up dead fish should be burned or buried. - Shuichan. [Translated]
Thousands of dead fish and some weak lying in the Miralam Tank, Hyderabad. Fish are believed to have died from polluted river water due to factory waste pollution. Ironically, people who take the dead fish were then sold to other common citizen. They did not know that the fish die because of factory waste pollution are quite dangerous if eaten. - Siasat.
For a large area of dead fish, Bayi Reservoir Management Office, said a large area of dead fish cage system Beaulieu Lake farmers dumping, such a situation has happened before, but because people can not find the current dumping can not be determined, only employment of workers by the management office for processing. Yesterday (the 21st) 14 am, the department began to organize workers on the dead fish salvage and ready for burial.
Guest: Beaulieu lake there was a large dead fish affect mood
October 20 morning, Ms. Yang people with a few friends to play Broom Lake, Lake Beaulieu wandered west, the Miss Yang with friends smelled the odor bursts. "Rotten shrimp smell is the smell of dead fish." Ms. Yang said several people who wanted to escape the urban haze days to Beaulieu Lake breath of fresh air down, so that they can be unpleasant odor big turnoff.
Ms. Yang and friends decided to look at where the smell came from. Ms. Yang told reporters in Beaulieu lake shore town named a relatively secluded area near shore waters, they found a pile of dead fish. "So the smell emanating from here, this is who we are quite puzzled dumped ah." Ms. Yang and friends continue to move forward along the river, in front of the scene so that she and her friends by surprise. "In the water are large tracts of dead fish, are the three or four pounds heavier fish, I watched enough to have several jin look." Ms. Yang said, she and her friends at the scene also saw two men being skiff dead fish piled the boat to the water threw a one. Through conversation with two men, Ms. Yang learned that these dead fish are fish farmers from Broom Lake, because a huge number of fish the lake, leading to severe hypoxia, so there is a lot of dead fish and some fish farmers the easy way Beaulieu will be dead fish dumped into the waters of Lake more subtle.
Survey: hundreds of dead fish hidden in the nooks Lakes jin
Yesterday morning, reporters rushed to the Beaulieu Lake. Locally known, these days often see people pulling a boat a boat of dead fish dumped in here, which makes this range stinking.
I heard a reporter to interview the two nearby residents of a community initiative to reporters and became a wizard. Probably a few hundred meters away, the reporter will smell the pungent odor, the more closer to the surface of the water, the more concentrated odor, suffocating.
Just one to the lake and reporters will find a bunch of dead fish on the shore, there are hundreds of kilograms. Go east, the reporter saw a pile of dead fish, dead fish color has black hair dry, seems to have been here for several days. In accordance with the guidance of two residents, reporters go west along the shore, at a shore waters covered with weeds, really appeared as Miss Yang described the situation --- large tracts of dead fish, the smell here and more pungent, two residents had to speak with reporters clutching his nose.
This reporter saw the body of these dead fish turned over, there are grass carp, carp, tilapia, etc., most of them dead weight of two kilograms or so, there are also a small half kilograms, the number of thousands of kilograms. One resident said the waters where these days it began to be a lot of dead fish dumped, pungent odor makes them stay, the neighborhood can not.
In the interview, reflecting Ms. Yang told reporters with a local resident, said Beaulieu was originally a lake scenic area, a lake now there is such a large area of dead fish really affect scenic landscapes. Meanwhile, they are also known as fish farmers raise fish death is indeed worthy of sympathy, but it should not be dumped dead fish in the lake pollution. Many villagers also worried about a large area of dead fish would not promptly treated Broom Lake water pollution. - Hebei. [Translated]
Tons Of Dead Fish And Dozens Of Stingrays And Other Sea Creatures Found In Mumbai, India.
Tons of dead fish and other sea creatures were washed ashore on the long stretch of the otherwise picturesque Juhu beach on Saturday morning, sending local residents and ecological experts into a tizzy. Rumour mills began doing the rounds about an impending ecological disaster.
When SUNDAY MiD DAY visited the site yesterday, among the dead marine life was a nine feet-long eel, a large (over five feet-long) octopus and dozens of stingrays. The entire stretch of the beach was full of dead sea creatures.
Complaining about his dead catch, 50-year-old fisherman Suresh Dandekar said he was anticipating a big catch of fresh fish, when he docked his boat at dawn. “Finding dead fish is nothing new for people like me, who have spent their entire life at sea. But what we have witnessed today is terrible. Not a single fish in the entire catch is fit for human consumption,” said Dandekar.
Trying his best to clear up the mess, China Tambi, a BMC cleanup marshall, said it was not possible for even a large team of workers to collect and dispose the dead fish. “Since morning, I have been witnessing fishermen emptying their catch of dead fish on the beach, as it cannot be sold in the market. How so many fish are dying is a mystery and can only be answered by an expert,” she said.
Official speak
SMD contacted Shankar Gajbaje, marine biologist and officer-in-charge of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), an autonomous research organisation. Based on the information given by this newspaper, he said his team of scientists was at the beach to collect samples, which would be analysed in their lab and ascertain cause of the mass death.
He added that a probable cause could be massive dumping by commercial trawlers in deeper waters. “Such dumpers are known to discard fish which do not have commercial value, or if they experience torn fishing nets.”
Promising quick action, Raju Vasave, regional officer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board said he would dispatch his team of officers to investigate the matter. “There is no source of industrial waste in the vicinity of Juhu beach, so we can only plot the future course of action once the site is inspected and samples are collected for further analysis,” he said.
Investigations on
A three-member team from the NIO returned with samples later in the day. Amit Patil, one of the scientists, said the incoming high tide was making their efforts difficult, but they had managed to collect over 20 species of dead fish and crabs for lab analysis. “Prima facie, the samples are found only in deeper waters and finding them dead on the coast is a cause of concern. We have also collected water samples for our lab analysis,” said Patil. - Daijiworld.
Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Up On The Banks Of A River In Hunan, China.
Autumn Miluo Jiang Jiangnan ferry embankment on both sides, waterfowl flocks. Sometimes there thirty-two egrets patrol the river, saw the fish outcrop, a lightning speed to a quasi Diao.
But recently the scene, made these egrets dumbfounded: outcrop river full of fish. Yet when they are three thousand three hundred twenty-two out, could not dive Shique mouth - are all dead!
Into a piece of dead fish also let the masses Dukou quite worried that they hope the relevant departments to take measures as soon as possible, to identify the specific cause of death of fish and dead fish timely salvaged do sound processing.
Ferry there was a large dead fish
October 26 morning, I pass by Lei Shi Township is located in southern embankment crossing, surprised to find that in shallow water on both sides of the riverbank packed full of dead fish. These fish are mostly smaller heads, some only a little more than rough fingers, bits and pieces scattered in the river bank.
"Look there, more dead fish too!" Under the guidance of the residents in the vicinity, I walk along the river all the way up, and she saw a lot of dead fish, large and small, big five or six pounds a small, only thirty-five cm long, vast white one. Where piles of dead fish, the river is more turbid, a gust of wind blowing, can smell the stench in the air, and many people had to cover their through the nose.
"This phenomenon is not a day." Ferry boatman Changlin said that a week ago, the band began to appear dead, in the past has never been the case, "In the beginning all forty-five cm long fish when no one pay attention to, and later began to fish. then go on like death, ecology have been destroyed. "
Many dead fish were picked up to go home residents
During the interview, I found that most of the transition of the public face of the dead fish noses over, may also have some nearby residents died just picked up from the river near the fish to take home.
"Such a small fish died, really a shame." Are working around the father lamented Lee said a few days ago, more dead fish floating in the river, and now most of them were washed away, when the He also used homemade tool salvage a long time, chose some head to the big house, his wife worried that these dead fish contaminated not dare to eat.
Lee Davis said that when the dead fish first appeared to pick up a particularly large number of residents, and even there are people who take nets to catch fish, and later found dead fish into pieces, retrieve go not to eat fish, feed the cat had brought.
Within a few days, groups of fish pulls out a white belly, what is the reason? Nearby residents speculation about this. Some said that he had seen someone in the night on the river shock Huazhexiaochuan fishing; Some say that it may be someone medication assisted fishing, poisoned the fish; Some have even said, the river may be contaminated, resulting in dead fish into tablets.
However, I look around, here is the Miluo River into the Xiangjiang River entrance, flat expanse along the river side only farmland and residential areas, no chemical companies, but did not see the alignment of the river outfall.
Do not eat dead fish may be harmful
After receiving the masses, to the waters of the environmental protection department investigation, after investigation, found near the residential area, no chemical enterprises sewage into the river, but were detected and analyzed, we found that the river water quality is also a safe range.
Analysis of environmental law enforcement officers, mass mortality of fish, excluding the possibility of electric shock fishing, but there are fish in an area the possibility of poisoning. "Because of the incident has been ten days, and now on the river of the water sample, it is difficult to identify what is contaminated with water."
Staff said that although it is not entirely sure of the cause of death of fish, but there are dead fish have appeared illustrate water quality problems, dead fish must not be eaten, because the fish died may absorb some of the harmful substances, people eat may be harmful to health. Also reminded residents picked up dead fish should be burned or buried. - Shuichan. [Translated]
Thousands Of Fish Found Dead From Pollution In A Lake In Hyderabad, India.
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Thousands of dead fish and some weak lying in the Miralam Tank, Hyderabad. Fish are believed to have died from polluted river water due to factory waste pollution. Ironically, people who take the dead fish were then sold to other common citizen. They did not know that the fish die because of factory waste pollution are quite dangerous if eaten. - Siasat.
Thousands Of Dead Fish Found In Beaulieu Lake, China.
In recent days, scenic Beaulieu Lake (also known as the Bayi Reservoir) West is continuously emit bursts of odor, some tourists and local villagers found that in Beaulieu Township Kosei side shore waters area near a large area of dead fish, a large evil scenic landscapes, while tourists and local villagers are also worried such a large number of dead fish will Beaulieu Lake water pollution.For a large area of dead fish, Bayi Reservoir Management Office, said a large area of dead fish cage system Beaulieu Lake farmers dumping, such a situation has happened before, but because people can not find the current dumping can not be determined, only employment of workers by the management office for processing. Yesterday (the 21st) 14 am, the department began to organize workers on the dead fish salvage and ready for burial.
Guest: Beaulieu lake there was a large dead fish affect mood
October 20 morning, Ms. Yang people with a few friends to play Broom Lake, Lake Beaulieu wandered west, the Miss Yang with friends smelled the odor bursts. "Rotten shrimp smell is the smell of dead fish." Ms. Yang said several people who wanted to escape the urban haze days to Beaulieu Lake breath of fresh air down, so that they can be unpleasant odor big turnoff.
Ms. Yang and friends decided to look at where the smell came from. Ms. Yang told reporters in Beaulieu lake shore town named a relatively secluded area near shore waters, they found a pile of dead fish. "So the smell emanating from here, this is who we are quite puzzled dumped ah." Ms. Yang and friends continue to move forward along the river, in front of the scene so that she and her friends by surprise. "In the water are large tracts of dead fish, are the three or four pounds heavier fish, I watched enough to have several jin look." Ms. Yang said, she and her friends at the scene also saw two men being skiff dead fish piled the boat to the water threw a one. Through conversation with two men, Ms. Yang learned that these dead fish are fish farmers from Broom Lake, because a huge number of fish the lake, leading to severe hypoxia, so there is a lot of dead fish and some fish farmers the easy way Beaulieu will be dead fish dumped into the waters of Lake more subtle.
Survey: hundreds of dead fish hidden in the nooks Lakes jin
Yesterday morning, reporters rushed to the Beaulieu Lake. Locally known, these days often see people pulling a boat a boat of dead fish dumped in here, which makes this range stinking.
I heard a reporter to interview the two nearby residents of a community initiative to reporters and became a wizard. Probably a few hundred meters away, the reporter will smell the pungent odor, the more closer to the surface of the water, the more concentrated odor, suffocating.
Just one to the lake and reporters will find a bunch of dead fish on the shore, there are hundreds of kilograms. Go east, the reporter saw a pile of dead fish, dead fish color has black hair dry, seems to have been here for several days. In accordance with the guidance of two residents, reporters go west along the shore, at a shore waters covered with weeds, really appeared as Miss Yang described the situation --- large tracts of dead fish, the smell here and more pungent, two residents had to speak with reporters clutching his nose.
This reporter saw the body of these dead fish turned over, there are grass carp, carp, tilapia, etc., most of them dead weight of two kilograms or so, there are also a small half kilograms, the number of thousands of kilograms. One resident said the waters where these days it began to be a lot of dead fish dumped, pungent odor makes them stay, the neighborhood can not.
In the interview, reflecting Ms. Yang told reporters with a local resident, said Beaulieu was originally a lake scenic area, a lake now there is such a large area of dead fish really affect scenic landscapes. Meanwhile, they are also known as fish farmers raise fish death is indeed worthy of sympathy, but it should not be dumped dead fish in the lake pollution. Many villagers also worried about a large area of dead fish would not promptly treated Broom Lake water pollution. - Hebei. [Translated]
