More stingray fish found dead in Mae Klong river

 

More stingrays were found dead in Mae Klong river yesterday, raising total death of this reserved freshwater giant fish species to 16 so far this month.

 

The new discovery of the three stingrays were reported to authorities as they were meeting yesterday in Samut Songkram to discuss the mass fish death in cage farming along the Mae Klong river yesterday.

 

The meeting was chaired by Samut Songkram governor Khanchat Tansathien.

 

At the meeting the governor has requested the Royal Irrigation Department to cooperate with Vajiralongkorn dam to release more water to drive out polluted water in an effort to prevent further mass death of not only fish in cage farming, but also natural marine lives in the river.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/stingray-fish-found-dead-mae-klong-river/

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-10-08

 

Tomorrow's headline: Sugar Producer Files Defamation Suit Against Stingrays

20 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Tomorrow's headline: Sugar Producer Files Defamation Suit Against Stingrays

my guess was a large hog operation, is there a sugar refinery on the river? What a shame for one of the largest fresh water fish in the world.