Earth Changes

Thousands of swordfish found dead on Lopes Mendes beach, Brazil

Strange Sounds
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 11:14 UTC

The Lopes Mendes Beach is considered the 8th most beautiful of the world, and 2nd most beautiful in Brazil.

But on Monday, April 11, 2016, this idyllic place turned into a horror scenario as thousands of swordfish were found dead on the beach sands.

The killing was first attributed to water pollution.

As many of the swordfish had a broken neck, officials however say that the probable cause of this dead fish appearing on this paradisiac beach is overfishing.

Reader Comments

jim24 ·

overfishing BS

· 2016-04-17T13:25:25Z

Rowan Cocoan · 2016-04-17T15:16:54Z

Not what US consider 'swordfish'

These are NOT what folks in the US consider 'swordfish', which are large, very fast, billfish which are believed to use their sword-like bills to slash and take schooling fish. They are so named for their swordlike bill.

I take it these swordfish are so named because of their BODIES' similarity to swords.

I agree with jim24's 'overfishing BS'. I also find it hard to see how the broken necks of fish could be related to anything other than some mechanical event, and certainly not to 'overfishing,' BS indeed!

However, true swordfish ARE being wiped out by overfishing and although they're great, let 'em go and don't order them at restaurants.

R.C.

deej · 2016-04-20T00:11:01Z

Broken necks ?

That's a puzzler for sure.

I suppose if they were seizing hard enough (maybe due to toxic outgassing, chemical pollution, infectious process, or perhaps even electrical discharging) then they might snap their necks from that.