DEAD FISH EVERYWHERE because of a deadly disease transmitted by Fish Farms!
Every year for the past 15-20+years and usually from late September till the beginning of December, there are outbreaks of a disease called Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy among farmed fish and mainly among Seabass, caused by the Betanodavirus. This disease then affects the wild fish, with the Epinephelus species being the most affected and as a result thousands of them die.
In just 10min and 500m of shoreline, we found 4 fish and later on i heard that around 15 more fish where found the previous day and about 10 more the next day!
So at least 30 fish at about 7-8km of shoreline in just 3 days, counting ONLY those that floated to shore!
Imagine the total number of fish ''lost'' every year across Greece!
A few thousand maybe...a few dozen thousand or a few hundred thousand???
Do you thing we will end up killing all the grouper fish and eating just sick farmed fish???
Every year for the past 15-20+years and usually from late September till the beginning of December, there are outbreaks of a disease called Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy among farmed fish and mainly among Seabass, caused by the Betanodavirus. This disease then affects the wild fish, with the Epinephelus species being the most affected and as a result thousands of them die.
In just 10min and 500m of shoreline, we found 4 fish and later on i heard that around 15 more fish where found the previous day and about 10 more the next day!
So at least 30 fish at about 7-8km of shoreline in just 3 days, counting ONLY those that floated to shore!
Imagine the total number of fish ''lost'' every year across Greece!
A few thousand maybe...a few dozen thousand or a few hundred thousand???
Do you thing we will end up killing all the grouper fish and eating just sick farmed fish???