Thousands of fish were reportedly killed by the recent algal bloom. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Environment Department said, in a statement on Wednesday, that tests taken at waters near the affected fish farms found the samples to be low in oxygen.
“Investigations found that it does not fulfil Class 2 of Marine Water Quality Standard to support aquatic life,” the department’s director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said. “The area only consists of rural communities where most villagers are fishermen or in the tourism industry, with no heavy industries nearby.Meanwhile, the Penang Fisheries Department will continue to take samples periodically to monitor the density of the Noctiluca scintillans algae in waters off Teluk Bahang, which has recently been experiencing a “red water” phenomenon.
“Preliminary results of the analysis carried out by the Batu Maung Fisheries Research Institute found that the algae is non-toxic.It said a very high density of phytoplankton cells in those waters can cause fish to die, especially those in cages due to a decrease in dissolved oxygen.The department said a similar situation had happened in Kuala Gula, Perak, in 2016, which had caused fish in cages to die.
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