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A total of 1,500 tons of dead sardines were withdrawn in order to Seman, after about 15 days ago aground on a beach in a river in the region of La Araucania.
Moreover, some 2,500 tons remain on the banks of river Queule.
About 140 tons of rotting sardines have been removed daily by members of the Chilean navy, government officials, fishermen and volunteers Queule Caleta, where the stranding occurred.
“1,500 tons of dead sardines have been removed from the cove Queule” said a Navy statement released Monday.
A group of Navy divers established that the thickness of the layer of dead sardines in water reach a meter deep in the most critical areas, while on the river bank there are several thousands of dead fish.
“The priority is centered about 2,500 tons of sardines which are still in the banks and river surface Queule” Cristián de la Fuente, maritime governor of the city of Valdivia said.
It should be noted that in recent days the work of teams hired by the municipality was favored by the frontal system that affected the region ,, as many of the fish were at the bottom of the river or the ocean bottom, that according to the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) transformed into organic matter.
Bernardo Pardo, regional director of the agency, said that although 8000 is estimated at all dead sardines will be much less to leave.
Courtesy of biobiochile.cl
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