Greek authorities have begun collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that washed up in a marina in the central Greek city of Volos this week after being displaced from their natural freshwater habitat by floods in Thessaly last year.
The dead fish have cast a silvery pall over the port and a stench that has alarmed residents and officials who rushed to collect them before the smell reaches nearby restaurants and hotels.
On Wednesday, fishing boats used nets to scoop up the fish which were then unloaded onto the backs of trucks. More than 40 tonnes have been collected in the past 24 hours, authorities said.
Volos Mayor Achilleas Beos said the smell was unbearable. At a news conference on Wednesday, he blamed the government for failing to address the problem before it reached his city.
