Summary The police are looking into a number of possibilities to try to understand what actually happened.
(Web Desk) - The langoustines were discovered covering an area in Concepcion Province and it remains a mystery as to why a vast number of the crustaceans were found lifeless.
Victor Casanova, from Chile s Environmental and Cultural Heritage Crimes Unit, said that police are looking into a number of possibilities to try to understand what has happened.
"We are going out into Coronel Bay to determine the physical temperature parameters, electric conductivity, and above all the oxygen, which is an important issue to highlight," said Casanova.
Experts say the deaths could be due to viruses, poisoned food sources or offshore oil exploration.
Officials are not ruling out an environmental crime and are investigating whether the local sea temperature has been raised due to a nearby power station.
In recent years other dead sea creatures have washed up on South America s Pacific coasts.
