Staci Gabrielli, marine coordinator for King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, says boaters awakened Tuesday to find the anchovy-size silvery fish surrounding their vessels.
Gabrielli says it’s believed the fish moved into the harbor late Monday or early Tuesday to escape a red tide, a naturally occurring bloom of toxic algae that can poison fish or starve them of oxygen.
Gabrielli says high winds apparently kept the fish from leaving the harbor and they all crushed up against the harbor wall, where they used up the oxygen and suffocated.
Gabrielli says there are millions of fish and they’re so thick in some places that boats can’t get out of the harbor.
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I will be in Carlsbad over the weekend. Yikes.
@Matt, methane is what had crossed my mind as a possible cause. Good video Jason, thx! Keith,.hmm...the fish 'lost their way'...I don't think so..lol. Lorri, I agree with you...the whole Gulf situation was such a disaster and we know one body of water leads to another, the impact to our environment is devastating.
@Jason, I think some people are beginning to wake up...but most are still in denial. The Universe is certainly dropping hints..left & right.
In addition to all the animal, birds & fish deaths..I saw this article yesterday titled "Loss of plant diversity 'disrupting Earth's life-support systems'
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a3956...