The Times Picayune states:
"Plaquemines Parish officials have asked state wildlife officials to investigate what they said is a massive fish kill at Bayou Chaland on the west side of the Mississippi River late Friday.
The fish kill was reported to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and the cause has not yet been determined, the parish said. The fish were found in an area that has been impacted by the oil from the BP oil spill, the parish said ... The dead fish include pogies, redfish, drum, crabs, shrimp and freshwater eel, the parish said."
Wasn't Plaquemines one of the hardest hit fromt the BP Oil Spill?
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Dang it, I sure hate to see that.
It sure seems like more than just "seasonal" fish kills due to red tide.
And with a whale and some dolphin (air breathers) in the mix, low oxygen levels in the water don't make sense.
I hope someone can get to the bottom of this.
That doesn't look good.
I will bet it smells worse. I wouldn't want my nose within 1/2 a mile of there.
100,000's, I don't think so. Try a factor of 10 higher, 1,000,000's.
I heard, this morning, that this was not oil spill related.
I heard, this morning, that this was not oil spill related.
hmmmm
that's odd
They don't know what caused it, but they know it's not oil spill related. I think some money must have changed hands for that determination to happen so quick.
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I hear about this the other night.
Not necessarily so, because these 'kills' were in the area where the oil/dispersant were in Lower Plaquemines.
Yes, there are normal seasonal fish kills caused but anaerobic conditions but I do not recall any of this magnitude.
A simple question would be to see of how it compares to other 'kills' that are occurring in other parts of the coast that was unaffected by the spill and 'clean-up'.
It may be the microbial or some would say the Nature's clean-up process is taking a lot more O2 from the water. Plus add in the dispersant process so ..who knows?
They have no %&&*$^ clue what the dispersant did and where it went and that is just beginning to be still studied.
I would not defer quickly to a normal fish kill because there are some new variables to consider.
Always the skeptic,
Here local fish and game has announced high levels of algae in the bay and tributaries, usually a precursor to a red tide. We haven't seen anything yet, but they are expecting it any day.
More than likely it will be found to be something similar.
Man...that is crazy. Poor Fishies!! What will happen now to all of those dead fish?? Can't just leave them there can they?
That is not that uncommon. It happens here for various reasons one of which is that massive schools of fish crowd into a bay and literally use up all the oxygen in the water suffocating the schools of fish. The smell is awful!
Hmmm. Large algae concentrations greatly deplete the oxygen levels in the water causing fish to suffocate.
"It may be the microbial or some would say the Nature's clean-up process is taking a lot more O2 from the water."
I was going to mention this. I remember scientists saying that red tide could be extremely bad this year since the algae apparently can feed on the oil.
The dispersants caused huge amounts of oil to remain suspended under water and / or settle as sediment - and microbes work on the oil and it becomes a nutrient causing huge anoxic plumes to kill everything in its path.
That's funny, Rush Limbaugh said there was no disaster in the Gulf. And if Rush said so, it must be true. Must be some bogus photoshopped pictures, then.
That is really going to stink.
