Thousands of fish die in Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal
Thousands of fish suddenly died in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, HCM City, on May 16.
Many fish are already decomposing.
Nguyen Van Tu, a local in Binh Thanh District, said fish started dying since earlier that day.
"The heavy rain yesterday might have swept the rubbish into the canal and caused pollution. I often fed them with bread but today, no fish surfaced to eat. Maybe it's another mass fish death like previous years," he said.
There is another proposal to reduce a third of 470 tonnes of fish living in the canal, most of them are tilapia. A vast amount of fish have been released by the people on special occasions and multiplied as tilapia has a fast breeding rate. The canal is overloaded and can't provide enough space and food to the fish.
Mass fish deaths in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal
Many fish are already decomposing.
Nguyen Van Tu, a local in Binh Thanh District, said fish started dying since earlier that day.
"The heavy rain yesterday might have swept the rubbish into the canal and caused pollution. I often fed them with bread but today, no fish surfaced to eat. Maybe it's another mass fish death like previous years," he said.
Rubbish swept to the canal after a heavy rain
There is another proposal to reduce a third of 470 tonnes of fish living in the canal, most of them are tilapia. A vast amount of fish have been released by the people on special occasions and multiplied as tilapia has a fast breeding rate. The canal is overloaded and can't provide enough space and food to the fish.
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