© Cindy EthevePeople in Seychelles an archipelago that relies heavily on fish as its main source of protein have been alarmed by the death of large amounts of coral reef fish in recent days and the discolouration of some parts of the sea.
The Seychelles authorities will be sending fish samples overseas either to Reunion island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean or to France to determine what exactly is causing a large number of fish to die in the Indian Ocean island nation.
A large amount of dead fish mainly coral reef fish and other marine species have been washed onshore in various parts of the main Seychelles island of Mahé, second most populated island of Praslin and other satellite islands, in recent days.
"We found it on Friday, and they could be found on almost all the beaches especially in the lagoons and where the water is usually shallow.
There were all types of fish especially those that usually lives or frequents coral reef such as moray eels, parrot fish and others," Sam Hope, the Manager of Cousin, a special nature reserve, located off the west coast of Seychelles second most populated island of Praslin told SNA this morning.
"Today [three days later], we have only seen a handful but it seems whatever have cause the phenomenon has dispersed as there are not so many dead fish recorded. We have buried most of the dead fish because as you know Cousin is open to visitors throughout the week, but we have kept a few samples as well, which we hope to get analysed."
The same thing was reported by residents of several areas on Praslin including at Anse Kerlan, Amitie and Grand Anse.
Comment: See also the following selection of reports documenting some other extraordinary bird movements across the planet so far this year -
Flamingos migrating to Caspian Sea in mortal danger - lost in Siberia
North American flycatcher arrives on British shores for the first time at Dungeness
Lost hooded warbler a big draw for Calgary birdwatchers
Wrong place, wrong time: Yellow-rumped warbler and Hooded oriole seen in Alaska for the first time
Tropical Brown booby turns up near Cape Race in Canada
Rare endangered albatross seen off Maryland coast
Lost Tropical Kingbird turns up far north of normal range, near Savage, Minnesota
Lost yellow-nosed albatross from the South Atlantic turns up near Reykjavík, Iceland
Another albatross species turns up in the wrong hemisphere, this time on Suffolk coast, UK
Swainson's Thrush from North America turns up on Welsh island in June
Wayward bird turns up on the wrong side of the Rockies in Lodi, California
Rare tropical bird found in Scott State Park, Kansas
Non-migratory citril finch from mountains of mainland Europe found near beach in Holkham,UK
Another completely lost bird: Slate-throated redstart, resident of humid highland forests, turns up on South Padre Island, Texas
Eurasian shorebird (wader) turns up far inland near Winslow, Indiana
Dusky woodswallow seen for the first time in New Zealand