Oysters in restaurants Environmentalists andfishermen who discovered that this mollusk is dying for unknown reasons. One of the versions of the death of oysters is a disease, probably a virus that some algae carry. Over the past three months, it has hit most of the underwater oyster plantations in France, the leading European country in the supply of oysters, providing up to 130 thousand tons of the delicacy annually. Experts say that almost all the shellfish livestock died, most of the 2009 harvest was lost. According to preliminary estimates, the damage to the plantation owners will amount to 4 million euros. According to environmentalists, the cause of the mysterious death of oysters may also be the warming of the world's oceans. Studies have shown that the average temperature reaches 20 ° C, which is much higher than the norm for this time of the year. As a result, today oysters are found even in Holland and Norway, which was impossible 50 years ago. Scientists are testing all possible versions, trying to establish the exact cause of the death of oysters, but many agree on one thing: by 2010, the delicacy, beloved by many, may become scarce. ITAR-TASS.

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