Tens Of Thousands Of Dead Fish Appear In A River In Yueqing, China

Last ten thousand dead fish surfaced (above, Xu晓春摄) on Yueqing City side struggle Iwamura to two kilometers West Village ancient canal. Two years ago on July 16, a similar incident also occurred close to the river (left, Steven Zhu Pingshe).

Spring in March, Liu Yueqing City, the ancient canal of canola flower bloom is trouble, it is refreshing. However, a few meters outside the river has presented an entirely different story: thousands of dead fish drift from side to fight Iwamura West Village river stretches nearly two miles.

Yesterday, the 58-year-old Zheng Cunzhong standing on the bridge overlooking growled: “! Unfortunately, ah, originally the second half, most of these fish can grow up to two pounds, and now all gone.”

Farms: two dead fish incident losses

Zheng Cunzhong has kept fish for 30 years, is now the first freshwater farms Yueqing head of the farm, farming water up to 1.2 million acres.

Last week, Zheng Cunzhong put into the river nearly 300,000 fry, expecting a good harvest. However, when the farm team yesterday morning routine inspection found that the river is a large area of ​​dead fish.

Yesterday morning, reporters farm speedboat ride around the pocket and found dead fish in groups on both sides of the river, a large general adult palms wide, more fish two or three fingers wide.

Chen Xinyu patrol team, told reporters that these fish have been kept for three months, there is a pound of multiple, almost on the market. Small fry is just put in, a type of grass carp, silver carp, carp.

After the boat dock, Chen Xinyu, pointing to the river bank a dead fish covered with mud, said: “It’s just a third float, more dead fish in the river mud drilling, the two days will be the same as the fish slowly float. “

Zheng Cunzhong estimate: “At least 70,000 fish died, the loss of several hundred thousand dollars.”

Reporters learned that Zheng Cunzhong farms two years ago, there had been the case in a large area of ​​dead fish, which is adjacent to the river, the number of deaths of 10,000 or more. After the incident, the local fishery and environmental protection departments involved in the investigation, generally considered the water of oxygen caused the fish deaths (2012, July 17, the Japanese newspaper has reported).

Environmental protection departments: industrial pollution waste water were not

For the large fish deaths, Zheng Cunzhong has its own judgment.

He said that happened before the farms poison fish and other illegal fishing activities, with a net poaching is commonplace, so he lost a year is not small. The death of such a large area fry should not poison the fish caused by industrial effluent is more likely to be polluted river.

Reporters saw the river a few hundred meters away from the place, that is, Liushi Xinguang Industrial Park, where gathered many production companies, types of low-voltage electrical products, locks and so on.

A time when lunch time, workers dressed in different uniforms aggregated to the area’s most bustling commercial street, the street’s hotel business is hot.

Reporter to inquire about some of the workers, the surrounding businesses if there is contamination? Most of them said that pollution is definitely yes, there is no direct discharge of pollutants is not clear.

For Zheng Cunzhong of this speculation, a leader of the local environmental protection department, said: “There pollutant industrial areas, waste water will enter the sewage treatment plant, the daily supervision department is also in place.”

Last night, Yueqing City Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Monitoring Station Master 郑道敏 said they collected water samples six points, mainly copper, zinc and other heavy metals, cyanide, PH, hexavalent chromium and other five indicators for testing, the results Display farm water quality standards, can be ruled out due to the death of fish caused by industrial waste. In addition, dissolved oxygen detection farms also reach compliance.

Expert: multiple causes can lead to fish kills

Yesterday, Yueqing City Ocean and Fishery Law Enforcement Team, Yueqing City Ocean and Fishery Environmental Monitoring Station also sent to the scene, and water samples were collected five points.

Yueqing City Ocean and Fishery Environmental Monitoring Station Master Xu Heng said the cause of death has a lot of fish, such as fish, drugs pollution, water mutations. “We are monitoring department, rather than testing departments, collected water samples have entrusted to other agencies to detect, detect focus is ammonia, heavy metals and other indicators.”

The local environmental protection department said that an important way to detect fish samples are also looking for the cause of death, but that does not belong to the scope of their acceptance, the relevant departments need to meet.

Zhejiang Provincial Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Aquaculture (Wenzhou Marine Research Institute) One expert believes that the recent warmer weather suddenly, causing the water temperature rises, the higher the concentration of ammonia in the river bottom silt, excessive release of hydrogen sulfide will also poison the fish.

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