Five tons of dead fish and other marine species have been collected by fishermen environmental yautoridades Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, after what they call the phenomenon of red tide that affected the area of ​​the Marina and Bay of Banderas.
The mortality matched turbocina spill in the area of ​​Puerto Vallarta International Airport, however, Luis Gonzalez Guevara, director of Ecology town of Puerto Vallarta, says that has nothing to do with this: "we attended The spill is under control , this has nothing to do with pollution, with nothing. "
This is the first time that records the death of hundreds of thousands of fish in this region, according to authorities, as a result of this phenomenon.
Authorities argue that "this has to do with temperature abiotic aspects, etc. that is causing these microorganisms (phytoplankton harmful to fish) reproduce".
They reported that five tons and they not only contemplate only fish but other especzies deeper water as the crab.
The owner of the Eighth Sanitary District, Rafael Nunez Gomez, recommended some precautions against the presence of this natural and cyclical phenomenon, caused by algae in conditions favorable for growth and reproduction: "Point number one, we are not alert, or on alert in Puerto Vallarta by red tide, I want to make it clear, number two, is part of a natural phenomenon that occurs at this time of year, "he said.
Since 2000, the phenomenon is studied by researchers at the University Center of the Coast.
They say that soon, the water temperature will vary and the problem will disappear, for one recommend not eating fish that have been caught in the Bay of Banderas.
While the authorities esfeurzan to explain the phenomenon as something completely normal and descaratan also the possibility that some kind of contamination had been the cause of such a disaster, events like this have happened over the years without finding plausible explanation .
In early 2011, several events were detected similar to Puerto Vallarta:
- 450 red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, were found on a highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 3000 blackbirds in the small town of Beebe, Arkansas
- Thousands of 'devil crabs "reached the shores of Ingletrra
- Thousands of trumpet fish found along a 20-kilometer stretch of the Arkansas River
- Tens of thousands of small fish in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
- Hundreds of snapper fish off the coast of New Zealand
- In January, in Beebe, Arkansas, fell between 4,000 and 5,000 dead birds.
By March 2011, newspapers around the world published the mass death of millions of sardines that appeared in a port area south of Los Angeles without finding further explanation for the event. And the phenomenon is nothing new: just do a Google search for the emergence of thousands of images of dead fish and birds worldwide over the last five years.
Obviously, the lack of explanations or rather, the combination of the lack of explanations with the repetition of the phenomenon, made all kinds of theories flourish.
Obviously the first thing is speculated apocalyptic theory of the Bible, which mentions the mass death of animals. Thus the mythic framework for the rest of the theories was given and the phenomenon became quickly interpreted as a sign of the end times.
Installed the idea of ​​apocalypse, explanations range from the idea that aliens are already experimenting with different biological organisms on the Earth to the possibility that different changes in the magnetic field of the planet are generating the disorientation of the animals that end up dying to get away from their natural habitat.
Whatever the explanation is sought, and in view of the recurring problem, it is true that something is happening on the planet, something that human beings can not fully visualize, and animals are the first to announce it.