A large number of fish in dams and private farms established in and around Rawalpindi district have died and others are continuously dying because of development of red algae, which has formed a thin filament on the surface of water.“The fish die due to suspension of oxygen from surrounding environment to water. If the fish farmers do not remove red algae from the surface of water, all kinds of fish in dams and private farms could die,” District Officer (Fisheries) Muhammad Asif Shah told this scribe.
This scribe visited different dams and fish farms including Sandy Mar Dam, Philina Dam, Khalid Bhatti Mini Dam etc where staffers informed that a large number of fish were continuously dying due to formation of thin filament on the surface of water. The lower staff was busy in removing dead fish from the water.
District Officer (Fisheries) Muhammad Asif Shah said that the period from September 15 to November 30, 2011 would be a crucial period for fish. “All dams and private fish farms have developed Algae which forms a thin filament on the surface of water causing suspension of Oxygen from surrounding environment to water resulting in deaths of large number of fish. Many of fish farmers do not even have knowledge about this reality that fish are dying due to development of algae on the surface of water,” he added. Read More
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