Apocalyptic
fish kill reported off the coast of Ohara Japan in Chiba Prefecture
6
June, 2012
Something
terribly fishy is going on at the fishing port of Ohara (pronounced
Oh-hara) in Isumi City of Chiba Prefecture, and it has nothing to do
with espionage or political corruption.
There are tons and tons of
dead sardines washing up on the shore, and not only is the sight
disturbing, but the huge amount of dead fish is literally smelling up
the entire surrounding area. According to the news, the dead fish
started washing up around noon of June 3rd, and as of early afternoon
on June 4th, the situation still remained pretty much out of control.
The amount of dead sardines that has washed up is thought to total
several dozen metrics tons, so you can imagine how bad the smell of
rotting fish must be. We’ve seen the pictures uploaded onto
Twitter, and the port looks completely filled with fish – it almost
looks like a carpet of sardines. It doesn’t seem likely that any
fishing boats will be setting sail from this port soon. There are
also, of course, the usual posts and comments on the internet on how
this could be an omen, a sign of a coming great natural disaster.
When we inquired with a local inn, we were told that the port was
scheduled to be closed from June 1st to 5th, but given the emergency,
local fishermen are currently out in full force trying to resolve the
situation. Already more than 2 full days into the bizarre occurrence,
the smell has to be almost unbearable, but the people of Ohara still
have no idea when they will be able to get rid of all the sardines.
We sincerely hope they will be able to solve the problem quickly.
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