Monday, February 6, 2012

Aquaculture in northern China disrupted by sea ice

The northern Hebei province has been affected by sea ice since January, provincial fisheries authorities said, many seashell and sea cucumbers have died from suffocation because of the icy conditions in Bohai sea, off Qinghuangdao city. Almost all the shallow sea's buoys and an estimated 80 percent of its kelp had been caught up in the ice and carried off, leading to significant economic losses for local fishermen, Zhang explained.

Zhang said "it was the second time over the past six years that the region was hit by serious sea ice", a result of low temperature since January. It is expected that floating sea ice off the cities of Qinghuangdao and Tangshan will not ease in the next few days, said Zhang Wanlei, an engineer for Hebei Marine Forecasts. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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