100 TONS+ of fish die suddenly in fish ponds in Guangxi, China

In the dead fish incident, Mr. Qin most costly, nearly 40,000 kilograms of fish a night “white belly”, let tears. Huang Yuan Communications / Chart

Upcoming over one hundred thousand kilograms of tilapia, carp suddenly died mysteriously in a single day, the direct economic losses of more than 160 million, so that eight farmers dew tears Liujiang County town of village into a group cried dry. After a preliminary examination fishery sector finds that a large area of ​​fish suddenly died due to acute poisoning. Currently, public security, environmental protection, fishery and other departments have been involved in the investigation.

Shining white piece of dead fish cages

March 27 at 1 pm, this reporter went to the village of dew overflow dam downstream. Not yet reached the scene, one dead fish smell and emit a foul odor blowing. Although the incident has been three days, but the ponds are still nearly 50,000 kilograms of dead fish have not finished cleaning up.

In the scene, more than 20 breeding cages eight farmers in the river next to the place, some farmers kept the dead fish in cages and throw on the shore – meter long shore roads, littered with dead fish, large and small, the air filled with the smell of fish and rancid.

Mr. Qin’s in the cage, because too many dead fish, five or six hundred square meters of surface densely piled dead fish on plastic mesh networking boxes have been dead stays up.

“25, 7:00 in the morning, I woke up after the discovery of fish cages inside scurrying around, less than half an hour to sink to the bottom turn belly.” Farmers Leung said that morning, most of the dead fish floating up, cage surface is covered. Leung domesticated more than ten thousand kilograms of fish almost died.

Later, the local town government carried away part of the deal with the dead fish as harmless, but the shore, there are a lot of dead fish in the ponds did not receive timely treatment. It is reported that college town into Liujiang County party committee, the Government set up a working group, sent 24-hour shift on-site duty, follow-up treatment to prevent dead fish into the market. The official said, they will be based on relevant policies, as far as possible in low-interest loans to help farmers, allowed to resume production as soon as possible, to reduce losses.

Losses suspect someone poisoned

Leung introduced, these fish are mainly tilapia and carp, they have been farming here 10 years. The trouble began last May these fish stocking, there has been an average of 1 kg weight, the biggest carp has nearly 10 kg, was going to take advantage of before Qingming market.

Fish in the end is how to die? This question, farmers say the death has been ruled a natural death and pollution, suspect that someone deliberately poisoned, “100 meters upstream of the village there are other fish that nothing happened, and no factories and other pollution sources nearby.” Mr. Qin said.

Tan said he has 10 years of fish in the area, it has never been a large area of ​​dead fish, but before the incident, they did not grudges with people, so was not sure why the person liable to poisoning.

Preliminary determination lineage acute poisoning deaths

After the incident, relevant departments Liujiang County Environmental Protection, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Bureau, the fishery station immediately arrived at the scene, and to take water samples and dead fish samples.

27 pm, Liujiang County Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Monitoring Team introduced, according to preliminary results of monitoring of water samples, the basic cause of dead fish can be excluded water quality impacts; Liujiang County fishery station samples were checked for dead fish, fish preliminary determination to exclude the death of a large area died a natural death and disease, the initial determination of acute poisoning.

Into a group in Liujiang County Public Security Bureau police station, relevant departments said they had on file for investigation.