[앵커]
Following last year, a group of dead sardines were discovered on the southern coast of Gyeongnam.
Relevant agencies have begun a collection operation, but it is expected that it will take time until the cause of the mass deaths is revealed.
This is reporter Lim Hyeong-jun.
[기자]
The coast is full of sardines with their white bellies exposed.
Workers are busy putting sardines into bags.
After receiving reports that numerous dead sardines were seen, the local government began collecting them.
When sardine carcasses decompose, they can pollute seawater.
In severe cases, a foul odor that stings the nose may also occur.
On the day of receiving the complaint, the local government checked the dead sardines and collected about 100 kg.
We plan to incinerate them all.
[김현수 과장 / 창원시청 수산과 : 공무원과 어선을 동원해서 지금 현재 처리하고 있습니다. 더 추가로 발생하지 않는다면 한 5일 이내에 (작업 완료가) 가능할 것 같고….]
Last year, dead sardines were found at a similar time and location.
The cause was revealed to be lack of oxygen.
Residents nearby are complaining of inconvenience as this has been happening for two years.
[제준호 / 경남 창원시 마산합포구 : 작년에 여기 앞에 시내 돌아다닐 때 생선 비린내와 썩은 냄새 같은 게 바람 많이 불 때 이렇게 나곤 했는데, 알고 보니까 뉴스에 우리 마산 앞바다에서 정어리 떼가 죽었다고 하더라고요.]
The National Institute of Fisheries Science is investigating what caused the sardines to die in droves.
[김현우 연구관 / 국립수산과학원 연근해자원과 : 이번 창원시 마산만에서 발생한 정어리 폐사는 현재 폐사 원인을 분석 중입니다. 분석까지는 시간이 조금 걸릴 것 같습니다.]
The National Institute of Fisheries Science is examining whether sardine deaths will occur on a similar scale to last year.
This is Hyeongjun Lim from YTN.
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2023-10-12 09:35:00
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