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Tens Of Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Up Along Entire Beach In Vargas, Venezuela

About this Saturday down to the beaches of Puerto Azul club in Naiguatá, Vargas state, were surprised by the huge number of dead fish along the entire shore.

It is common schools of sardines and mackerel in somewhat deeper waters off the Central Coast.

So far unknown causes fish kills, however Environment Ministry sources said that on Monday they will test the water to determine if the phenomenon is the result of water pollution.

Dead fish are within the corresponding area of ​​Puerto Azul club so they need to rule out the presence of pollutants. The study will be conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Water Quality Division of the Ministry of Health, highlights the daily El Universal on its website on the Internet.

However there is also the possibility that it is a phenomenon generated by the cold winds from the north.

Explains a source from the Ministry of Environment, sardines are warm water fish and in recent weeks the waters off the coast of Vargas have been very cold due to the strong winter season in the northern hemisphere. In this sense it is possible that the fish have been too close to the coast in search of warmer waters and have been trapped on the jetties, unable to return to sea.

Mass Fish Kill ‘Due To Pollution’ In A Pond In Foshan, China

Guangdong Foshan kilograms of dead fish on a fish pond is now suspected to have been industrial pollution

January 6, 2014, in Foshan, Guangdong, Guangxi Industrial Park, Nanhai and outside a fish pond, creek water after recently drawn to the ponds, causing the death of kilograms of fish. There are ponds Lord said, allegedly as a result of industrial waste-water treatment business park has caused water pollution. At present, the environmental protection departments have samples for testing, will be the outcome of further tracing. There are ponds main creek side said that because the creek is contaminated, he has little to eat or not eat their own farmed fish.

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