Posted on 02/24/21
| News Source: i24
The measure takes effect immediately and covers fish and other marine life sold for consumption
Following a toxic oil spill that has devastated marine life along Israel's coastal shores, the Health Ministry on Wednesday moved to ban the sale of seafood inside the country from the Mediterranean Sea.
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The measure takes effect immediately and covers fish and other marine life sold for consumption, according to a ministry statement.
The decree was made “in light of the environmental pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, which has been expressed, among other ways, in the amounts of tar found on the Mediterranean beaches in recent days,” the statement added. Read more at i24