Hundreds of marine animals washing up dead off the coast of Chile….El-Nino suspected!

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Hundreds of marine animals washing up dead off the coast of Chile….El-Nino suspected!

Translated from Spanish
According to IMARPE, the deaths of sea lions and dolphins are due indirectly to the phenomenon of El Niño.
A total of 230 marine animals, including sea lions and dolphins were found dead on the coast of Lambayeque in the last 20 days, according to the the head of Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Jaime de la Cruz.

He said that specimens were dying or decaying.
He said the mammals were found during several trips from the beach district of Sea Chérrepe to Mórrope.
He said they will analyze samples from the animals to determine the real causes of mass death. However, he said that the deaths, especially of sea lions, “should indirectly be connected to this winters El Niño” and could be due to starvation.
“80% of dead species are sea lions, which have had to migrate to deeper cold waters for fish.
The hunt their food in the nets of fishermen, but then get caught and drown in the ocean, “he said.
In that sense, he warned that in the coming months more animals will die by the warming waters due to climate event.
The leader of the Unified Federation of Fishermen in northern Peru, Hector Galan, meanwhile, estimated that some 800 species have been found dead this 2015, on the beaches of Lambayeque.
I KNOW The head of IMARPE in Lambayeque said preliminary tests rule out that marine species have died from poisoning and confirm that beached drowning and starvation.
By Juan Mendoza (jmendoza@peru21.com)

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