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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State Millions of Dead Anchovies Found on Spanish Beach

Date: 03-Oct-06
Country: SPAIN

La Griega beach near the town of Colunga in the northern Spanish region of Asturias was thickly covered with dead fish on Friday.

"The most likely hypothesis is predators. Sea bass, dolphins or tunas might be chasing them too close to the shore," said Luis Laria, president of Spain's Marine Species Study and Protection Centre.

Other possibilities include sea currents and unusually high water temperatures, he said.

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