Fish Kill - Rio Cobre
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) wishes to
make the following statement with regards to the recent fish kill in the
Rio Cobre.
Our investigations have revealed that
there was no pollution incident that caused the fish in the river to
die. The fish caught in the river alive will therefore be safe for
human consumption.
The actual cause of the fish kill was
a natural one. The force of the water from the recent flood event
created a channel in the embankment along the river into which the fish
swam. When the water levels receded, the fish became trapped in the
channel and died from a lack of oxygen, as they were unable to swim back
out and the water that had been caught in the channel dried out
naturally.
