St. Petersburg cleans up 9 tons of dead fish in 24 hours due to Red Tide, Elsa 
By Matt Cohen US Source: tampabay 7/9/2016

The city’s shoreline was besieged by dead fish and Red Tide blooms.

The sidewalk along the shore at North Shore Park reeked of death Friday. Just off into the water, crews in yellow jumpsuits and tall rubber boots scooped dead fish off the top of the water with pool skimmers, put them into trash bags and loaded them into a dump truck. Hundreds of dead fish were still out there, floating just a few feet from shore.

Crews picked up 9 tons of dead fish in 24 hours — and they weren’t even done.
 

The fish were killed by toxic Red Tide blooms and then pushed ashore by Tropical Storm Elsa, said St. Petersburg Emergency Manager Amber Boulding at a Friday news conference. The city has collected 15 tons of dead fish in the past 10 days, she believes the 9 tons that recently washed ashore was blown in by the storm’s winds.
“You look at Elsa and that push of water from the wind seems to have definitely pushed in more of the fish kill,” Boulding said.

The conclusion to Justin Bloom, a board member for the environmental groups Tampa Bay and Suncoast Waterkeeper, is inescapable:

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
4926Minnesota ice fishing contests adapt amid pandemicmpr news2020-12-06US
4927Anglers nabbed with 173 fish over the limit; charges pending 2020-12-08CA
4928'Massive' goldfish weighing 9 pounds found in South Carolina lakenbc news2020-12-08US
4929One that didn’t get away: Novice angler hooks big fish in Canterbury riverStar News2020-12-02NZ
4930Indian River Lagoon fish kill reports continue to rise, worrying officialsFlorida Today2020-12-02US
4931Another farmed salmon mass breakout in Tasmanian waters stuns Huon Aquacultureabc2020-12-03AU
4932Coelacanths: the fish that 'outdid' the Loch Ness Monsternhm2020-12-13UK
493311-year-old hooked on fishing during pandemic snags big bassviera voice2020-11-30US
4934Expert: Fish Kill at Indian River Lagoon Was Months in the Makingmynews132020-11-30US
4935Two Kansas rivers may be designated as critical habitat for a tiny fishKSN News2020-12-01US
4936Giant Lake Simcoe burbot could dethrone long-held Ontario record from northCBC News2017-01-26CA
4937Meet the aquaculture industry’s new maintenance botNorwegianscitechnews2020-12-09NO
4938Fishing tournament organizer fined after nearly 200 fish found in dumpsterCBC News2020-12-03CA
4939Fishing gear confirmed as major cause of right whale deathsCBC News2020-11-26CA
4940Fight against fish poachers hampered by lack of resources, says scientistroyalgazette2020-11-25BM
4941Wildlife crimes and human rights abuses plague Taiwanese fishing vessels, crews saynational geographic2020-11-26TW
4942British man 'shocked and appalled' by fly fishing technique in The CrownCBC News2020-11-23CA
4943Australia deploys new underwater technology to fight illegal fishingsea food source2020-11-23AU
4944A proposed fish farm in the Gulf of Mexico is making waveswink news2020-11-23MX
4945Climate Change Is Sending Some Species the Wrong Wayhakai magazine2020-11-23US
4946Fish tales: a pandemic adventure across the US brings two anglers to Iowaweare iowa2020-11-18US
4947Long Island man sues PetSmart after dozens of koi fish diesports grind entertainment2020-11-21US
4948Expedition finds record number of fishes in abyssal deep-seahawaii.edu2020-11-23US
4949Some fish are likely to get caught and recaughtfuturity2020-11-18US
4950Study supports theory that fish fins evolved from gill archesnewatlas2020-11-18US

217 218 219 197 of [220 - pages.]