karachi sea disaster

Found the body of a giant whale entangled in fishing nets on the beach here Hawkesbay. Was stuck in the 20 feet long and 300 kg body of the dead whales up in fishing nets set up by local fishermen on the shore of Hawkesbay, near the village of Mubarak, and the nation learned on Monday.As in the details, a fisherman are Imam Box, a resident of Goth Abdul Rahman, Hawksbay set up a fishing net in the waters of the sea that kept lying there for the entire Sunday night. The following morning on Monday when a fisherman pulled the net they found a dead fish in their nets, they took on the beach.Responsible for the wetlands of the World Wide Fund for Nature, Pakistan, said Dr. Babar  that the dead whales and sharks about 20 feet long, which had died after being involved in the net. He was called the fish "in the Baluchi language Baran and Magar Andhi Sindhi language. On the other hand, local fishermen said Sikand this author that the fish do not belong dead whale shark, but the community was the whale.News of the dead whale has spread like wildfire, and the number of people rushed to the scene to see the dead whale. However, it reached any of the government officials there to convert or dump dead fish. Villagers said that the body was fetid, and appealed for the transformation of the body to fish elsewhere. Recently, found the bodies of a number of different types of whales on the shores of Sindh and Balochistan.There are several types of whales and dolphins on the coasts of the country, including, humpack whale, sperm whale, beaked whale, and the purpose finless, whale shark, dolphin spilner Similarly, closer to 20 species of whales.It was also another kind of dead fish, including whales and dolphins Huges Dottlenose, Risso dolphin, whale baleen and others found on the shore of Sindh and Balochistan in the past.There are many species of great whales of this kind in the Arabian Sea, including the Baluchistan and Oman.

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.