Conditions After Ida Killed 280M Fish Inland

Conditions After Ida Killed 280M Fish Inland

Source: Associated Press

1/27/2022

Conditions after Hurricane Ida last summer killed about 280 million fish in inland waters — about 40% more than died in Louisiana waters after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries estimated Thursday.

Catchable fish are usually scarce for about a year in areas that had big fish kills, but populations rebound, the department said in a news release.

Most of those from Ida are in an area where the storm was moving slowly before it left the state, said Robby Maxwell, whose job as inland fisheries technical adviser includes being that division's fish kill coordinator.

Ida killed at least 28 people and did billions of dollars of damage in Louisiana. The department has estimated that fisheries damages totaled $218.7 million to $240.9 million. By comparison, the total fisheries damage for the three hurricanes that hit the state in 2020, Laura, Delta and Zeta, was estimated at $80.6 to $120.9 million. The state's agricultural damage is estimated at at least $584 million.

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