Officials close eight beaches as residents complain of cloudy, green water that emits a foul smell
Spanish officials have banned the use of fertilisers near one of Europe’s largest saltwater lagoons after five tons of dead fish washed up on its shores.
The alarm bells began to sound in the south-eastern region of Murcia last week as scores of small fish and shrimp began turning up along the beaches of the coastal lagoon known as Mar Menor.
