Thousands of dead fish have washed up on a beach – and no one knows why

Environmental officers have launched an investigation to attempt to discover out what killed the fish (Image: Reuters)

1000's of useless anchovies and sardines have mysteriously washed up on a seaside in South America.

The fish out of the blue lined the shores of Coliumo seaside close to Concepcion, within the Biobio area of Chile.

Environmental officers at the moment are investigating what brought on the uncommon phenomenon, reported by native media on Saturday.

They're understood to be trying into the water high quality within the area.

Pictures taken on Sunday confirmed the seaside turned silver by the huge variety of useless fish on the shoreline.

A clean-up operation to take away the useless fish is now underneath means.

It’s reportedly not the primary time shoals of useless fish have washed up on seashores on this a part of Chile.

Comparable incidents reported final yr have been defined by a ‘low quantity of oxygen within the water, which finally ends up pushing the species in the direction of the sand’.

Useless fish lined the shores of Coliumo seaside (Image: Reuters)

Nobody is kind of certain what killed the fish (Image: Reuters)

In April final yr, officers in Ghana reported the same incident when tons of of dolphins and fish washed up on seashores in Accra.

Laboratory samples have been taken from the animals and preliminary findings pointed to a mix of ‘environmental’ and ‘stress components’.

Nearer to residence, 1000's of small bait washed up on Chesil Seashore in Dorset in October final yr.

The Atmosphere Company performed an investigation and concluded the incident was a ‘pure occasion prone to be a bigger species of fish chasing smaller fish that in flip find yourself on the seaside’.

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