Fish and shrimp died in large numbers in an unusual way on the Con River in Nghe An.

PV Group• March 19, 2021 15:41

(Baonghean.vn) - Since noon on March 18, 2021, there has been a phenomenon of many types of fish and shrimp floating lethargically and sporadically on the Con River through the communes of Nghia Dong, Nghia Binh, Nghia Thai, Nghia Hoan, Tan Long... of Tan Ky district. By the morning of March 19, this situation was still occurring in the above river sections.

nhiều loại cá, tôm lờ đờ nổi rải rác bất thường trên Sông Con đoạn qua các xã các xã Nghĩa Đồng, Nghĩa Bình, Nghĩa Thái, Nghĩa Hoàn, Tân Long.

Many types of fish and shrimp are floating sluggishly and scattered unusually on the Con River through the communes of Nghia Dong, Nghia Binh, Nghia Thai, Nghia Hoan, and Tan Long.

Many people on both sides of the river used nets to catch fish, in the morning alone some people caught hundreds of tons of fish. Worryingly, many people caught fish to eat or sell to traders.

The dead fish are mainly catfish, carp, loaches...

Faced with the above situation, the working group of Tan Ky District People's Committee inspected a 10km long river in the district and took water samples to send to the provincial authorities for testing to find the cause; At the same time, it advised people not to buy, sell and eat fish when the cause of fish floating in the above river sections is not clear./.