Local (SC) paper today: Thousands of dead fish wash ashore.

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These are the same type of fish found dead by the thousands in MD and NJ back in August. Except in NJ, they speculated about warm water causing the deaths, where here in SC, today's deaths are being blamed on cold water... :shrug:

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jan/06/fish-kill-folly-beach/

FOLLY BEACH — Thousands of dead menhaden littered the sand here Thursday, stretching in either direction from the Folly Pier in a line along the tide wash as far as could be seen. Blackbirds and grackle were picking at them.

The bait fish appear to have been killed by the cold. State wildlife biologists who responded to the kill found the menhaden had been otherwise healthy, said Phil Maier of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Officials at other nearby beaches had no reports of fish kills there.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/jersey-shore-dead-fish-wa_n_680150.html

NBC Philadelphia reports that tens of thousands of dead menhaden fish washed ashore Wednesday on a New Jersey beach along Delaware Bay.

The incident is strikingly similar to an occurrence from Monday, when thousands of dead menhaden also washed ashore over 200 miles away in Fairhaven, MA.

N.J. Department of Environmental Protection officials say initial tests show no signs of toxic phytoplankton, like red tide, in the water, and they are still examining oxygen levels. Fisheries in Massachusetts alleged low oxygen from warm waters was the cause of the mass kill in Fairhaven, according to CNN.

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1. Fireworks?

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2. It's SC. I'm thinking toxic ignorance. nt

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7. Apparently ignorance is something with which you have a great familiarity.

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10. Nice to meet you. nt

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3. No link to Corexit I've been assured. Rec'd. n/t

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4. Just what I came here to post.

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5. Millions of dead fish washed up in Maryland

I'm sure we'll both agree there's no possible link right? How stupid do they think we are? :hi:

All that money BP paid scientists and politicians with no conscience sure is paying off. Delicate fish who can't handle the cold. Firecrackers. What will they think of next?

Millions of fish wash up dead on Chesapeake Bay
Updated 1/6/2011 1:08:10 PM ET



Millions of dead fish have washed up along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay over the past week, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.

Officials are investigating the fish kill but say that according to preliminary results the cause was likely stress from unusually cold water temperatures.

"Our theory is that it was a very rapid temperature drop," MDE spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus said. "Obviously, these are fish that are susceptible to very cold temperatures."

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6. 100 tons of dead fish, mainly sardines, were found on the beaches of Paranagua, Brazil

A survey conducted by the Federation of Fishermen's Colony of Paraná, Paranaguá on the coast of the state, indicates that at least 100 tons of fish
(sardine, croaker and catfish) have turned up dead since last Thursday off the coast of Parana.

A survey conducted by the Federation of Fishermen's Colony of Paraná, Paranaguá on the coast of the state, indicates that at least 100 tons of fish
(sardine, croaker and catfish) have turned up dead since last Thursday off the coast of Parana.

On Sunday, representatives from the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP), the Secretary of State for the Environment and Water Resources (SEMA),
took samples to verify the reason for the deaths. The report will be released today.

The president of the Federation of Fishermen's Colony of Parana, Edmir Manoel Ferreira, reports that between Paranaguá and Guaraqueçaba at least 2,800 fishermen depend on the daily seafood.

"On Thursday we began to realize very dead fish. Only one community came to bury 15 tons. We are experiencing a very sad situation on the coast"

Apart from Paranagua, Ferreira said the dead fish are starting to appear in other coastal towns. "The dead fish are going to Antonina, and Guaraqueçaba Pontal do Paraná. We need an urgent solution to this," he warns.



Captain Edson Oliveira Avila, regional coordinator of Civil Defense in the Paraná region, believes there are three hypotheses for the death of fish. "We will wait to see what happened, but speculations suggest that fish may have died due to an environmental imbalance, dropping a fishing boat or leakage of chemicals," he says.

Through his press office, the city of Paranagua said the sale of seafood is a precaution, temporarily suspended in the region.

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http://www.sott.net/articles/show/220958-Brazil-100-tons-of-dead-fish-wash-up-on-shore

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGVKjvAr0qo

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8. Fishing communities are

going to really suffer, they live directly off of these fish.

I hope that some scientists out there will release the autopsy reports of these animals.

[Swamp Rat]

9. It's all YOUR fault, you stupid dirty heathen hippies!!