Thousands of fish have washed up dead in a lake in eastern China due to water pollution.<br /><br />The shocking video, filmed in Suqian City in Jiangsu Province on Tuesday (August 28), shows a man using a fishing net to catch the dead marine life, including fish and crab, on the surface of Hongze Lake and placing them into his boat. <br /><br />Black, foul-smelling water entering the lake from upstream polluted the lake and was responsible for killing the marine life and causing severe losses to fish farmers, according to local reports.<br /><br />The precise source of the pollution was still unknown and an investigation was underway, reports said.
