South Africa: Authorities Probe Reports of Sardine Deaths in Gqeberha
Genetic testing found PHV in dead and healthy fish, and officials say the virus may be spreading through South African waters.
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South Africa: Authorities Probe Reports of Sardine Deaths in Gqeberha
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) says it is investigating reports of sardines washing ashore around Gqeberha, as well as fish floating offshore and within the harbour.
Along Hobie and Pollock beaches, stunned residents watched as waves washed even more fish ashore, raising fears that a virus that had already caused mass die-offs of sardines abroad might be responsible. "It was a heartbreaking sight," said the local environmental group Algoa Bay Conservation. "We received a lot of calls in the aftermath," recalls Nadine Strydom, a professor in the zoology department at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizab…
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rtl.luDeadly Virus Stalks South Africa's Sardines
The wash-up has intensified concerns that pilchard herpesvirus, or PHV, a disease that devastated sardine populations in Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s, may be spreading through South African waters. The post Deadly Virus Stalks South Africa’s Sardines appeared first on Channels Television.
The tide deposited thousands of dead sardines on the south coast of South Africa last week.
Thousands of dead sardines have been stranded in recent weeks on several parts of the South African coast. Scientists suspect a disease: the herpesvirus of sardine (PHV) could be the cause of this hecatombe. A heartbreaking spectacle... Thousands of dead sardines were found last week on the south coast of South Africa, especially on the shore of Gqeberha, along the beaches of Hobie and Pollock. According to AFP, these groundings occur a few week…
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