Denounce Puerto Vallarta throwing chemicals that pollute streams and poison shrimp

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Denounce Puerto Vallarta throwing chemicals that pollute streams and poison shrimp

Denounce the continued practice of catching shrimp in the rivers and streams in Puerto Vallarta, throwing chemicals, polluting streams and Pitillal, what and Palo Maria among others, as well as the crustacean that is sold for consumption.
"I mentioned that many times make much shrimp, and deliver it to restaurants and you or I or anyone else go and eat with their family and are problems that are given to the people. "
Alfonso García Vargas, adds that in his journey through the rivers, water above, also finds dead wildlife, possibly from drinking contaminated water. (By Miguel Angel Infante / Puerto Vallarta)

 

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Re: Denounce Puerto Vallarta throwing chemicals that pollute streams and poison shrimp

http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2011/314978/6/pescadores-capturan-langostinos-contaminados.htm

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Native port pollution denunucia unlawful fishing practices
The collected using agricultural chemicals or lime

PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO (16/AGO/2011) .- poachers, with increasing frequency, catch shrimps in rivers and streams of the municipality using agricultural chemicals and in the best case, cal. The contaminated product is marketed to Retail and sometimes reaches a few restaurants that offer its guests delicious broth. This practice also pollutes a seriously streams, as is the case of rivers Pitillal, what, Palo Ameca and Mary, among others, has many years, Alfonso Garc?a Vargas complaint, a native of the port, who knows the river says, while he regrets the serious ecological damage. These rivers go every day a large number of swimmers to cool off. A few days ago the complainant was Pitillal upstream river and found to be poisoned again the channel, as well as some wild animals that drank water and died when at poachers contaminated. His desperation to protect the environment has led him to report at different levels of harmful fishing practices, however, he says, has been echoed by the authorities. Reaffirms that the serious problem is that the chemicals whose found empty containers are used in agriculture are harmful to drink water or eat those shrimp contaminated river. The procedure is simple and fast to get crustaceans, the chemicals thrown into the river and then when they float, the collected regardless of breeding females to be in this time of year have the "balls" attached to his body. They poison the rivers for more than 20 or 30 years and shrimp is running out. This product will come to sell between 100 to 150 pesos per kilogram and get between 20 to 30 kilos at a time or more. It adds that the harmful practice favoring can hide from predators when the river flow "washes" chemists and lime being flushed out to sea. Alonso Garcia Vargas called the local authorities and even the local MP for the district, Ramon Guerrero, on the harmful practice of catching shrimp poisoning them and then sell them for human consumption, all in exchange for some money and without of the damage to the environment. The report / Miguel Angel Infante