- Communities and fishermen along the East and South coast of the Eastern Cape have reported rare fish species washing up ashore.
- Experts say hundreds of fish were killed after sea temperatures dropped from 24 degrees Celsius to 12 degrees Celsius on the South and East coasts of SA last week.
- The first reports of dead fish in the province was made by the Morgan Bay community on Wednesday when a pregnant giant oceanic manta ray carrying a 60kg pup washed up on a rocky shore.
There was a similar issue with turtle hatchings washing up suffering from thermal shock from the South Easter causing upwelling, turtles are cold blooded and become lethargic and unable to swim below 10°.
We often witnessing a similar upwelling and coughing up of plastic in Gordons Bay when the Westerly blows hard yet it’s a concern if stingrays are beaching too.
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