The Candelaria City Council will keep the six beaches affected by the presence of hydrocarbons closed to the bathroom, in principle until Monday. These are the beaches of Puntalarga, Las Caletillas, Olegario, Los Guanches, La Viuda and La Hornilla where the ‘piche’ has appeared in the sand, stones and the sea.
– Cleaning on the beaches / Candelaria City Council
The Councilor for Security of the Tenerife City Council, Francisco Alonso, acknowledges to Radio Club Tenerife that the beaches are cleaned “twice a day”, that the greatest difficulties of the cleaning staff are in the removal of the stains on the stones and that already “more than ten kilos of pitcher” have been collected.
Cleaning the beaches / Candelaria City Council
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Dead fish
Last weekend the image of dead fish on the coast of Candelaria, Circulated by social networks. It was one of the consequences of the hydrocarbon spills and it caused a wave of indignation among citizens. However, the Councilor for Security of the Tenerife town hall, Francisco Alonso, assures that the cleaning workers have not found dead fish again.
A natural process
The Biodiversity Service of the Ministry of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands, has compiled information on the reason for the appearance of dead fish in different areas of Tenerife. The first data collected, provided to Radio Club Tenerife of Cadena SER, conclude that what happened “is not related to any type of spill”, they explain.
And although “it is not the first time that it happens”; sources from the Ministry add; the event occurs in a natural way that, in the case of dead fish that have appeared in the puddles, it occurs “when a period of high temperatures coincides with the absence of waves, so the water is not renewed”.
Conditions that cause “the appearance of some organisms that consume the oxygen in the pool and cause the death of other species, such as these fish.” In addition, they explain from the Council of Ecological Transition of the regional Executive that we are in a time (summer) “of massive use by the population.” An aspect that “does not help”; much less if users “relieve themselves on them.”
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