Mysterious fish deaths leave residents dealing with unpleasant smells

Mysterious fish deaths leave residents dealing with unpleasant smells

By Rob Garguilo

Source: Florida News

1/4/2023

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Cape Coral, FL - Residents in a Southwest Florida community are speaking out after dealing with the smell of hundreds of dead fish in the city's canals.

Francesca Nappi, a resident of Cape Coral, tells ABC 7 News that the smell is "some kind of gas" that eventually leads to the death of the fish.

To avoid the smell, residents have been keeping their windows and doors shut.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has not reported any algal blooms or red tide in the area, but John Cassani, who recently retired as the Calusa Waterkeeper, believes that high temperatures may have caused an increase in the decomposition of organic debris in the water, leading to a decrease in oxygen and resulting in the fish's deaths.