Radioactive water from Fukushima, a possible cause of death for tons of fish in Japan

Thousands of tons of dead sardines washed up on a beach in northern Japan last week, and although the reason behind the phenomenon was initially unknown, there are now theories that explain it. Sardines and some mackerel washed up on the coast of Hakodate on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, on Thursday morning, December 8, creating a silver blanket along a stretch of beach approximately a kilometer long. Local residents said they had never seen anything like it. Some collected the fish to sell or eat it. In a notice published on its website, municipal authorities urged the population not to consume this fish. Takashi Fujioka of the Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute said he had heard of similar phenomena before, but it was the first time he had seen it. Climate change could be an important factor in the mortality of marine fauna, since an alteration in water temperature directly affects fish. However, it is worth remembering that Japan began dumping radioactive water ...