URUGUAY – There were hundreds of dead fish from the Montevideo coast to Atlantis

At different points in the Montevideo coast Thursday dawned hundreds of dead fish floating in the water. The situation drew the attention of the authorities of the National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA), which began investigating to find the causes of the strange phenomenon. Prefecture informed the authorities that dead fish were recorded from the Montevideo coast through the downtown area of ​​the City, to the Arroyo Pando and even Atlantis.“Today morning to this situation immediately sent a group of technicians who ran the promenade from the center to the Arroyo Carrasco and mortality of major fish spice known as Lacha observed”He told The Observer Alfredo Pereira, Coordinator of the Department of Biology, Dinara.

As for the causes that explain the appearance of dead fish, Pereira said that since Dinara “rule out contamination is an issue of” and favors the theory that they were thrown into sea as a ship discard.”If it were a toxic substance that killed these fish, there would specimens of different species and not just one as in this case”, said jerarca.Pereira explained that this type of fish are thrown into the river to make room on the boats, since this species has no commercial value. “Discarding do in areas far from the coast and is not very common; however, occurred in December similar magnitude lower”.He said the Coordinator, this activity is not prohibited or regulated, so that there is an area for ships to perform the download. “justifying such mortality”. The commune takes water monitoring throughout the summer to determine whether microbiological contamientación perforations or presence of cyanobacteria.

SOURCE: Elobservador.com.uy