Third Fish Kill Reported in Plaquemines (LA)

[MountainLaurel]

Within the past 10 days or so:

Officials in Plaquemines Parish are reporting a fish kill in Bayou Robinson – the third such fish kill in the parish in recent days.

P. J. Hahn, director for the Coastal Zone Management Department, took photos of another large fish kill in the waters of Plaquemines Parish.

The previous fish kills were reported in Bay Chaland and Bay Joe Wise and were predominantly menhaden, also called pogie.

The Bay Chaland fish kill was discovered on Sept. 10 and the Bay Joe Wise fish kill was discovered by officials Thursday.

“Hahn said Thursday that the fish (in Bay Joe Wise) covered at least one-fourth of a square mile, with oil visible among them. He said he wanted the area tested because it was affected by oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill,” said a report from the Associated Press.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/Third-fish-kill-reported-in-Plaquemines-103204929.html

[valerief]

1. It's not because of the oil. It's because of the fishes' lifestyle.

They're too fat. That's what Mika tells me.

:sarcasm:

[kristopher]

2. The fish were reported to have died of lack of oxygen - that is common in that type waterway

Algal blooms occur when conditions of temperature are appropriate

Increased nutrients are present, usually agricultural runnoff.

Temperature is warm enough

Sunlight is present

Those factors can lead to massive reproduction by algae - a plant - which in turn feeds a massive surge in reproduction of the itty bitty oxygen breathing aquatic critters that feed on them.

When the water is not circulating adequately this leads to oxygen depletion and massive fish kills.

It is common.

There may be a connection to the oil spill, but I'd be looking at local farms and how they handle wastes.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. K & R

:mad: