Turkey: Release of 17 million mussels will clean 3.3 million cubic meters of water per month to fight against mucilage

Published Jul 14, 2021

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Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, and Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Murat Kurum, have released fish and mussels into the Marmara Sea as part of the 'Marmara Sea Action Plan Istanbul Artificial Reef Project 2nd Stage Reef Throwing'. They also stated that investigations are underway into the death of around 1,000 flamingos in Salt Lake. The ministers confirmed that the deaths are due to dehydration and flightlessness caused by decreasing water and increasing concentration in the lake, not poisoning. They also assured that the death is not connected to the surrounding wells and agricultural irrigation.

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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said, "We are conducting investigations on flamingo deaths in Salt Lake. There have been years when deaths in such puppies have been followed before. It seems that there are about 1,000 pup deaths. According to the investigation by Selcuk University Veterinary Faculty no." said. Minister Pakdemirli and Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum released sea bass and turbot from Yenikapı pier to increase biodiversity. Afterwards, Kurum and Pakdemirli, who sailed from Yenikapı by boat, released mussels into the Marmara Sea off Sarayburnu within the scope of the "Marmara Sea Action Plan Istanbul Artificial Reef Project 2nd Stage Reef Throwing". Institution and Pakdemirli, who made a press statement within the scope of the event, also made evaluations on the issues on the agenda. Noting that the mucilage on the surface of the Marmara Sea is almost zero, Pakdemirli said that although there is some under the surface, the ...

Source: Sondakika