Spain Tightens Fertilizer Rules After Dead Fish Clog Lagoon in Fertile South
The region is one of Spain’s main producers of fruit and vegetables, while the lagoon is a well-known beauty spot.
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Mar Menor, a large saltwater lagoon in south-east Spain.
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Madrid (AP) -- Spanish authorities are expanding a ban on harmful fertilizers around a saltwater lagoon on the country’s Mediterranean coast, where over the past 10 days several tons of dead fish have washed up.
The regional government of Murcia, some 400 kilometers (240 miles) southeast of Madrid, announced Wednesday that the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers at farms within 1,500 meters (1,640 yards) of the Mar Menor lagoon is to be prohibited.