Ecobreves – CUBA: Thousands of Fish Die

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HAVANA, Feb 17 2002 (IPS) - Thousands of fish were found dead earlier this month in the Almendares River, the main river of the capital, in the second incident of this kind in Cuba in just six months. Members of the local fishing community suspect that this biological catastrophe is due to industrial waste dumped into the river, undoing their efforts to clean up the area.

A similar episode, also the result of unknown causes, occurred in September at the mouth of the San Juan and Yumurí Rivers, in Matanzas Bay, 100 km from Havana.