"Dead or dying herring found on shore should not be collected, consumed or used by the public for any reason, as a variety of factors could affect the food safety of fish, such as toxins, diseases or environmental contaminants", warned the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in a statement. Officials are now testing for pesticide content and checking water oxygen levels, in hopes of getting to the bottom of the situation. Scientists still don't know what's killing large numbers of fish and other sea creatures washing up in a remote area of western Nova Scotia but they do have a few theories. He went on to say they are going back over everything to ensure they have explored every option. None of the dead fish and sea creatures are safe to eat, authorities said. Consumers should only purchase from licensed fish sellers. Marine ecologist Kent Smedbol told Canadian television that storm runoff, human-made pollutant, agricultural runoff, or a recently new tidal turbine are all possible explanations. "That would indicate that the die off was unlikely due to an environmental event, because you would expect more broad-scale die offs across species particularly in the benthos, animals on the bottom", Smedbol said.
This isn't the first time dead fish and other marine life have mysteriously washed ashore - in March sea creatures covered miles of Florida's Atlantic Coast. In China, an estimated 35 tons of fish died at Hongcheng Lake in May.
Source: HSUNEWS, 1 January 2017
http://hsunews.com/2017/01/01/more-than-20000-dead-sea-creatures-wash-a…
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