Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Disastrous cooling for fish farmers in Taiwan

From this article:
Penghu's fish culture industry also suffered its heaviest losses in 30 years -- estimated at NT$181.86 million -- as a result of the cold spell over the past two weeks, according to statistics released by the Council of Agriculture (COA).

County government statistics show that fish farms in Penghu lost over 1,500 metric tons, or 80 percent of their fish, including cobia and grouper, which experts say cannot survive temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius.

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