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Benin: mysterious death of thousands of fish in Toho Lake
Thousands of tilapias were found dead on the shores of Toho Lake.
? RFI / Jean-Luc Aplogan
By RFI Published on 23-05-2018 Modified the 23-05-2018 at 09:18
Since Thursday, corpses of dead tilapias have littered the shores of Lake Toho, 90 km northwest of Cotonou. Nobody knows yet what is behind this hecatomb. The Mono is a region where one lives mainly fishing, the activity suffers therefore.
When we approach the shore of Lake Toho, it smells like rotten fish, there are plenty of flies. Between Thursday and Saturday, thousands of fish were mysteriously crushed. Tuesday, silverfish corpses still littered the ground, they will be buried on Wednesday.
Most of the tilapias that will be cremated belong to Olivier Zaga, a fish farmer. His 40,000 fry had matured, he was just starting to sell them when the tragedy happened, he lost everything: "We lost all our fish, 40,000 fry. We are completely at zero. Are we going to leave? If we have the means, we will do it. "
If nobody explains the cause of this unprecedented hecatomb, just before, a creamy pink substance appeared on the water. Samples are being analyzed and pending the results, the government has taken action. "We asked that the water bench be no longer sailed and that the sinners, those we have there, leave the water at rest for at least two weeks, even if the danger can pass," details for RFI the Minister in charge of Fishing, Gaston Dossouhoui.
The whole lake is not soiled, explains the minister. The fluvial brigade and the experts sailed for several hours and fished live alvins.
Benin: mysterious death of thousands of fish in Toho Lake
Thousands of tilapias were found dead on the shores of Toho Lake.
? RFI / Jean-Luc Aplogan
By RFI Published on 23-05-2018 Modified the 23-05-2018 at 09:18
Since Thursday, corpses of dead tilapias have littered the shores of Lake Toho, 90 km northwest of Cotonou. Nobody knows yet what is behind this hecatomb. The Mono is a region where one lives mainly fishing, the activity suffers therefore.
When we approach the shore of Lake Toho, it smells like rotten fish, there are plenty of flies. Between Thursday and Saturday, thousands of fish were mysteriously crushed. Tuesday, silverfish corpses still littered the ground, they will be buried on Wednesday.
Most of the tilapias that will be cremated belong to Olivier Zaga, a fish farmer. His 40,000 fry had matured, he was just starting to sell them when the tragedy happened, he lost everything: "We lost all our fish, 40,000 fry. We are completely at zero. Are we going to leave? If we have the means, we will do it. "
If nobody explains the cause of this unprecedented hecatomb, just before, a creamy pink substance appeared on the water. Samples are being analyzed and pending the results, the government has taken action. "We asked that the water bench be no longer sailed and that the sinners, those we have there, leave the water at rest for at least two weeks, even if the danger can pass," details for RFI the Minister in charge of Fishing, Gaston Dossouhoui.
The whole lake is not soiled, explains the minister. The fluvial brigade and the experts sailed for several hours and fished live alvins.
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