In the annexed Crimea, there is a sharp decline in the sale of hams and other fish caught in the waters of the Kerch Strait and coastal waters near the Crimean Peninsula after the accident in the strait of tankers with oil products. About this Crimea.Realitiestold the Crimean local scientist-tour guide.

According to his information, the Crimeans began to beware of fish caught off the coast of Crimea due to the ecological disaster with fuel oil spill due to the accident of two tankers in the waters of the Kerch Strait.

“I travel a lot in Crimean cities, communicate with people, in particular fish sellers. There is a tendency that Crimeans are beginning to refuse to buy the famous Kerch hamsa and other types of fish caught off the Crimean coast. The demand for Crimean mussels is also falling. People do not want to put their health at risk. We see what fuel oil does to birds and dolphins, so the destruction of fish is very large-scale,” the local expert said on condition of anonymity.

Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Boris Chernyshov asked the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Nature to introduce a temporary restriction on fishing of fish and seafood in the Azov and Black Seas.

“Seafood, fish, shellfish are capable of accumulating toxic substances in their organisms, which makes it dangerous to eat them if the waters of their habitat have been contaminated. Especially vulnerable are bivalve mollusks, which retain polluting elements throughout their lives,” Chernyshov explained in letters to the department.

A significant blow to the fishing industry in Crimea and Sevastopol could be caused by temporary restrictions on fishing and seafood due to the consequences of the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, said Russian Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in Sevastopol Ilya Pesternikov.

The Ministry of Ecology of Ukraine said after the tanker accident that the fuel oil spill would lead to the death of plankton, poisoning of fish, seabirds and other living organisms, pollution of the bottom sediments and coastal areas, which are the habitat of marine flora and fauna, and disruption of food chains that will lead to long-term changes in the biodiversity of the region.

As reported, two Volgoneft tankers with fuel oil crashed in the Kerch Strait on Sunday, December 15, — according to the main version, due to a storm.

As a result of the tanker accident, there was a spill of oil products. According to Russian media, Volgoneft-212 transported 4,300 tons of fuel oil. Shot and Baza claim that about the same amount of oil products were on board the Volgoneft-239.

Later, the Russian Morspass Service said that as a result of the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2.4 thousand tons of oil products leaked into the Black Sea.