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Mass fish death worries Bình Thuận

More than  七,000 cobia fish, kept in floating cages in Vĩnh Tân Co妹妹une, had died as of March  二 一, causing losses worth billions of dong to the people. — Photo vov.vn

BÌNH THUẬN (VNS) –– More than  七,000 cobia fish, kept in floating cages in Vĩnh Tân Co妹妹une in the central Bình Thuận Province’s Tuy Phong District, had died as of March  二 一.

The mass death has been occurring since March  一 二, when more than  四,000 fish died.

Most of the fish, weighing about 0. 八kg to  一. 一kg, had been bred a month ago. The mass death has caused losses worth billions of dong to the local people.

Lộc, a fish farmer, said his family’s  二,000 cobia fish had died, causing him a loss of VNĐ 三00 million (US$ 一 三, 三00).

It is the fourth time mass fish death has been reported in Vĩnh Tân Co妹妹une. The first such instance occurred in September last year, while the second and third instances occurred in October last year and January this year, respectively.

The fish farmers blame the Vĩnh Tân Thermoelectric Plant for polluting the water with wastewater, because the mass death of fish has occurred near the plant. But the local authorities have not reached any specific conclusion as to the cause. –– VNS