The ‘strange’ snail filled the coast of Quang Binh: What did the Department of Fisheries say? | Sciences

On September 22, Mr. Le Ngoc Linh, Director of the Quang Binh Fisheries Department, said: In 3 days (from the afternoon of September 19 to 21), the Fisheries Department continuously received notification of the spiral phenomenon. in large numbers on the coast, concentrated in the maritime zone north of the Gianh estuary. The area south of the Gianh Estuary has also been spirally washed ashore, but the number is smaller.

People trapped in a spiral on the coast

On the afternoon of September 21, the interdisciplinary inspection team chaired by the Quang Binh Fisheries Department went into practice and recorded the situation in various coastal communes in the area. Through a coastal survey in 3 communes, Quang Dong, Quang Xuan (Quang Trach district) and Thanh Trach (Bo Trach district) found a large number of snails washed ashore, a large number. In these three communes alone, an estimated 10 tons of live snails have reached the coast.

About a month before Typhoon 5 formed, the Fisheries Department also recorded further exploitation of spirulina by fishermen in Canh Duong commune. Each scraper boat can catch 1 quintal of snails / day and sell it to traders.

After the physical inspection, the Quang Binh Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Quality Control took samples and sent them to analyze the number of snails that were washed ashore to determine whether there are toxins or not. While waiting for the test results, the Quang Binh Fisheries Department informed the localities where there were snails on land, recommended that people limit their consumption of this snail and proposed to the Quang Binh Department of Natural Resources and Environment Realization monitoring and inspection of the quality of seawater in the area where this phenomenon occurs.

Hoang Nam