While the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear power plant has not completely dissipated, the coast of Japan has once again been "invaded" by mysterious fish carcasses. Recently, a large number of dead fish have been found at the port of Haache in Shima City, Mie Prefecture, and the number is so staggering that even fishing boats cannot operate normally. As of the 14th, 85 tons of dead fish have been urgently disposed of by local fishery workers.
This is not the first time this has happened. Just a week ago, a large number of sardine carcasses appeared off the coast of Hakodate City, Hokkaido, and the beach stretching for about 1 kilometer was covered with dead fish. Japan** quickly came forward to explain that the fish may have died from lack of oxygen, and it has nothing to do with the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. However, such an explanation does not seem to convince the public.
Local fishermen say that the frequent occurrence of large numbers of dead fish in a short period of time may mean that the marine ecosystem is changing. Footage taken by a witness with a drone showed the beach and the water turning silvery white, a chilling sight.
Takashi Fujioka, a researcher at the Hakodate City Fisheries Research Institute in Japan, has given two possible explanations. He first speculated that there might be a huge fish chasing and preying on the school, and after exhaustion, they were washed ashore by the waves. Second, he thinks it may be because schools of fish are washed ashore as they follow the icy currents during their migration. However, these explanations have not yet been conclusively confirmed.
Netizens have a lot of discussions about this, and some netizens ridiculed: "Sure enough, experts like regardless of nationality." Another netizen also said: "The expert explained it like this, do you believe it?"Some netizens bluntly said: "The discharge of nuclear sewage is the main reason".
The ocean is the cradle of life on earth, however, the frequent occurrence of the phenomenon of "fish corpse beach" undoubtedly sounded the alarm for marine ecology. We cannot afford to sit idly by in the face of growing ecological problems. The deterioration of marine ecology may be closely related to human activities, especially overfishing and marine pollution.