沿科威特海灣的死魚驚魂

沿科威特海灣的死魚驚魂
Fish kill scare along Kuwait bay
By Nawara Fattahova, Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Translation by Autumnson Blog

Some of the dead fish found near the bay
在海灣附近發現其中一些死魚

KUWAIT: Fish have been dying in large numbers along Kuwait bay. This incident serves as an indicator of pollution or a major imbalance in marine environment, instilling fear of a possible fish kill. According to a local Arabic daily, Salah Al-Mudhi, General Director of Environment Public Authority (EPA) has accused people of spreading rumors most of the time. He said that dead fish could have been dumped into the sea by fishermen because most belonged to the ‘Giant Sea Catfish,’ species.
科威特：沿科威特海灣魚一直在大量死亡。這件事作為海洋環境污染或重大失衡的一個指標，逐漸灌輸一個魚類可能死亡的恐懼。據當地的一份阿拉伯文日報，環境公共管理局（EPA）的總幹事薩拉赫丁Mudhi指責大多數時間有人散佈謠言。他說，死魚可能已被漁民傾倒入海，因為大多數屬於“巨海鯰魚”類物種。
To assess the situation better, the EPA has requested the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) to investigate the cause and supervise the area. “Since last Friday, when EPA sought our assistance, we have begun daily inspection tours in the Kuwait Bay area, noticing that the number of fish have reduced drastically compared to Friday. We are still inspecting to make sure that it is not ‘fish kill’ and prevent more cases from occurring,” Sharik Awadh, PR of PAAAFR told Kuwait Times yesterday.
為了更佳地評估形勢，環保局已要求農業事務和漁業資源公共管理局（PAAAFR）調查原因並監督該地區。 “自上週五以來，當環保局尋求我們的協助，我們已開始在科威特海灣地區的日常巡視，注意相比週五魚類的數量已大幅減少。我們仍在檢查以確保它不是“魚殺”，及防止更多的個案出現，“PAAAFR的公關Sharik阿瓦德昨天告訴科威特時報。

“We aim to limit the problem and prevent fish kill in huge numbers and different kinds of fish. For this purpose, we are conducting daily marine inspection in different areas, not only at the bay. We do not know the reason behind these hundreds of types of dead fish, although we saw red tide twice, which may be the cause of fish kill. There are different reasons for the fish kill besides red tide. It may be pollution or high weather temperature. So, we are observing the sea. I think that the situation is under control even now,” he added.

Awadh did not agree with the possibility that the dead fish were dumped by fishermen. “It is not realistic that the fishermen will throw such a huge number of dead fish into the sea. Furthermore, if the fishermen dump them, it would have been near the bay (Niga), a popular fishing spot, not deep inside the sea. So there is definitely another reason. But I’m optimistic and I hope it will not worsen,” he concluded.

Khalid Al-Hajiri, Chairman of the Green Line Environment Group – Kuwait (GLEG) noted that the Group will collect information about the phenomenon. “To ascertain the exact reason, we have to do investigate the cause. We know that now one kind of fish has been affected, and we have to go back to history of fish kills in Kuwait, the area, circumstance and other situations. There is weakness in the Kuwait Bay area and in the past years, we have witnessed some fish kills cases which were not announced or published. So we need a few days to arrive at the final answer,” he pointed out.

http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/05/06/fish-kill-scare-along-kuwait-bay/