karcahi port of dead fish!

The mysterious arrival of thousands of dead fish of various sizes in the backwaters of the Port of Karachi, near Baba Island and the island Bhitt late Saturday night, has created panic among fishermen, but the Karachi Port Trust authorities have said they had died in the annual red tide phenomenon.
"The dead fish started appearing on Saturday afternoon, but on Sunday night, the number of fish has increased alarmingly," said UC-4 Keamari City Councillor Abdul Ghani. He added that it was not only the dead fish, but the dead turtles have been spotted in this area as well."This is not the first time that thousands of small fish have died mysteriously in this area, but this time the number of fish are so high that it indicates a coming catastrophe in the Arabian Sea," said the 36, Muhammad Saleem, a fisherman from the village of Kakap. Although there are different varieties among the dead fish the majority are fish Mugil, known locally as Moore Machha, he said, adding that the size of dead fish varies between four inches to one and a half feet, they are and floating on the water outside the mangroves.Fishermen said the Lyari river carries toxic industrial waste that meets the sea near the settlement Machhar and, often, this waste is harmful if it causes a disaster of this magnitude. "If the authorities do not remove dead fish immediately, they will cause another disaster," said Haji Nawaz Mallah old."Whenever leaks highly toxic industrial waste into the river Lyari, fish die in the river and fishermen find them floating near Baba and the islands Bhitt, Kakap village Salehabadi island Shamspir Keamari island near the port of fish. We inform the authorities every time this happens, but they ignore us every time, "said Ghani. He added that the large amount of dead fish floating in the area is a common phenomenon during the full moon tides high. However, Ghani think something probably happened within the port, which killed so many fish and the authorities should investigate the KPT.Shamspir resident of village, Suliman, blamed the port authorities to allow trailers to take any deep sea fish in the open sea, leaving the local fishermen have no choice but to fish in coastal pollution. "We do not know what to do and how to make a living in such conditions. Many of us think of the evolution of our profession," he said.However, KPT officials rejected the claims of fishermen that the fish died of toxic chemicals. "This is the work of the Red Tide, locally known as" Mara Pani (Water killer). "This is normal and happens several times a year. There is no need to panic, "said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Responsible Marine Pollution Control, Muhammad Zahiya Usmani. He also denied that the dead fish in the harbor limits.