BBC News, 17
July 2013
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| Dead stingrays on a beach near the Mexican town of Ursulo Galvan on 16 July 2013 |
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Hundreds of
dead stingrays have been found on a beach in the eastern Mexican state of
Veracruz.
The
stingrays - more than 250 in total - were spotted on Chachalacas beach near the
town of Ursulo Galvan on Tuesday.
Some locals
reported seeing fishermen dumping the rays on the beach.
Veracruz's
Environment Minister Victor Alvarado Martinez has asked federal authorities for
help investigating the incident.
Local mayor
Jose Martin Verdero said it was "possible that the rays had got caught in
nets" used by Chachalacas fishermen trying to catch other fish.
But
residents said they had been dumped after the fishermen did not get the price
they wanted for them.
Chachalacas
fisherman Jaime Vazquez said that in his more than three decades in the job he
had ever seen any of his colleagues dump dead fish on the beach.
He told
local media that any unwanted fish would have been returned to the sea while
still alive.
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