Sardines washing ashore at five Gqeberha beaches have prompted a public warning from Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality over potential health risks.
City begins removing dead sardines along Cape beaches, but fish remain scattered on shorelines in Melkbosstrand, Bloubergstrand and Milnerton.
Pilchard herpesvirus is increasingly suspected in mass sardine deaths; testing continues, while human health risks remain unlikely.
A large-scale clean-up operation of dead sardines along the Cape’s coast will get underway once the municpality gets the greenlight from DFFE.
Urgent task team established to determine ultimate cause of sardine mass deaths.
The City says the mass sardine die-off along the Cape coast is not linked to Milnerton Lagoon, as scientists investigate the cause of the deaths.
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